"coffee consumption was inversely associated with total and cause-specific mortality. Whether this was a causal or associational finding cannot be determined from our data."In other words coffee is good for you. They can't seem to pin it down but people who drink coffee are less likely to die from a wide variety of issues.
Not that this should come to a shock to anyone but researches have found that brewed tea is much healthier than the bottled variety. Mostly due to the fact that home brewed teas have up to 20 times the polyphenols, antioxidants which are believed to fight cancer, than the store bought kind. Plus, a cup of tea at home will cost you about 10 cents for the tea bag and water while a bottle of tea will run you over $1.
A recently release position paper by the International Society of Sports Nutrition details how caffeine can help you work out. Oh caffeine, is there nothing you can't do?
Looks like drinking green tea can help keep your teeth well into your old age. Researchers think that it has to do with some anti-bacterial elements in green tea. However drinking tea with sugar negates any benefits.
Recent research has show that coffee may help reduce the risk of Alzheimer's. However it looks like to get the benefits you'd need to ingest 500 mg of caffeine which is the amount in about 5 cups of coffee.
More good news for tea and coffee drinkers. Researchers have shown that moderate tea and coffee consumption can reduce your risk of heart disease by 20%.
Apparently caffeine addicts really need that morning coffee just to get back to their base level of alertness. Coffee addicts still feel more awake after their morning coffee but it's just a reversal of the effects of caffeine withdrawal. People who are mere mild abusers of the bean, philistines, get a jolt of awakeness from their morning brew.
Recently, local Ottawa blogger, DaniGirl posed a question on her site about coffee overload. When is too much coffee really too much coffee? Well coffee might just be healthier than we think.
Do we stop running because we get old or do we get old because we stop running? That is the central question of Christopher McDougall's Born to Run.Apparently using coffee to sober up once intoxicated is a myth. In fact the combination of caffeine and alcohol impairs your decision making abilities even worse than alcohol alone. Ah coffee, is their nothing you cannot do? New research shows that coffee consumption reduces your chance of getting advanced prostate cancer. A survey of a number of studies asking if long term coffee consumption can boost brain function or protect your brain against disease.
A Norwegian study links caffeine consumption to causing and curing headaches. To much and you'll get an occasional headache. Too little and you run a greater risk of chronic headaches. My own personal sweet spots seems to be two cups of coffee a day with an unlimited amount of tea on the side.
Researchers in Florida have found that ingesting 500 milligrams of caffeine, equivalent to 5 cups of coffee, per day may help reverse the effects of Alzheimer's disease. All tests were done on mice but researchers hope to begin human trials soon.
Starbucks is changing their food menu starting June 30th. They will be removing all the high fructose corn syrup and preservatives from their food which can only be a good thing. Not that I eat at Starbucks often but it's good to know that the occasional brownie won't be laced with HFCS.
Researchers at the Mayo clinic have discovered that high does of epigallocatechin gallate, a compound found in green tea, can help fight leukemia.
