Add Avoidance of MS to the List of Potential Benefits of Coffee
Drinking 6 or more cups of coffee per day has been associated with a reduced risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). In a paper published on March 3rd in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, two studies -in California and Sweden reported that people who drank six or more...
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More Good Health News For Coffee Drinkers!
A recent study from Sweden published May 11, 2011 indicates that the risk of developing a certain type of breast cancer was significantly lower in women who drink at least 5 cups of coffee per day. According to the researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, women who drank that much coffee were up to 57% less likley to develop ER-negative breast cancer than women who drank less than one cup per day. Coffee contains a number of different phytoestrogens, which are plant-based chemicals that act like estrogens in the human body. Coffee has been shown to contribute to blood levels...
An Acidic Diet and Aging Don’t Go Well Together
It’s no secret that as we age our kidneys don’t function as well, muscle mass is lost, and by the time we’re 40, our body is losing more bone than it makes. Weaker muscles and weaker bones can lead to falls and fractures. A diet rich in Calcium is extremely important for bone density, as is Vitamin D which not only helps Calcium absorption, it’s important for muscle strength. A study now shows that an acidic diet can lead to additional muscle wasting. In an interview published in the Nutrition Action Health Letter, Prof. Bess Dawson-Hughes of Tufts University notes that kidneys of older people do not handle excess acid well, which in turn...
Earth Day 2011: A Case for Reusable Coffee Cups
A Google search for “Reusable Coffee Cups” yields 301,000 entries from which to choose. And a quick glance shows many such cups advertised for less than $10. Last year in the U.S. we consumed the equivalent of over 9 million trees in the making of coffee cups, which during the manufacturing processes required nearly 6 billion gallons of water. The rate of increase in the usage of cups is also staggering, mostly due to the huge increase in the number of coffee shops. So with 23 billion coffee cups being used in the country this year, how about we just step up our recycling efforts? ...
Drink a Lot of Coffee? Might Be in Your Genes
Ever notice how some people have many cups of coffee each day, while some people are happy with just one cup? The same observation might be made about cola drinkers. It’s the caffeine –and your genetic makeup – that’s driving whether you are “satisfied” with just one cup or many cups. That’s the apparent conclusion from researchers, and reported in the April issue of PLoS Genetics. The study was conducted by researchers from the National Cancer Institute, Harvard Schoold of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and looked at five studies of over 47,000 Americans...
Another Study Points to Reduced Stroke Risk for Women Coffee Drinkers
A new Swedish study regarding stroke risk and coffee consumption comes to the same basic conclusion as earlier studies — women can expect less stroke risk if they regularly drink coffee. In a study published March 10 in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers determined that women who consumed one or more cups of coffee per day had about a 25% lower risk of stroke than women who drank less than that. Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Science in Stockholm, Sweden followed 34,670 women aged 49 to 83 over a 10 year period from 1997 to 2007. ...
