I remember a time where coffee was considered potentially harmful to health. With recent evidence, e.g. the umbrella review by Grosso and colleagues, who reviewed different meta analyses, I get the feeling that coffee may actually be part of a healthy diet.
Grosso G, Godos J, Galvano F, Giovannucci EL. Coffee, Caffeine, and Health
Outcomes: An Umbrella Review. Annu Rev Nutr. 2017 Aug 21;37:131-156. doi:
10.1146/annurev-nutr-071816-064941. PubMed PMID: 28826374.
I am aware of the fact that it certainly cannot be generalized to any condition of health and that it certainly also depends on the amount of coffee. At the moment, however, it seems that there is more benefit than harm associated with the consumption of coffee. I wonder if you agree.
I grew up drinking coffee from childhood and I still love drinking it. It gives refreshments and stimulation to our desires to engage robustly in things we intend to do (reading, study, research, presentation) minimizing distractions and increasing focus. Besides, coffee has many helpful things to our different body parts, as study finds.
Depends where the parameters are drawn. Significant numbers of people who don't drink coffee suffer from really bad health problems. Lots of others, who do don't seem to.
You are probably right however that coffee helps far more than it hurts.
A friend of mine has some views on this, you might want to contact him.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad_Alkhatib4
I grew up drinking coffee from childhood and I still love drinking it. It gives refreshments and stimulation to our desires to engage robustly in things we intend to do (reading, study, research, presentation) minimizing distractions and increasing focus. Besides, coffee has many helpful things to our different body parts, as study finds.
Dear Dr Turner,
Thank you very much for your contribution, which I appreciate a lot. Thank you also for providing a linke to your friend.
Yours sincerely,
Rainer
Dear Dr Lakew,
Thank you very much for your opinion and for stimulating discussion. I appreciate this a lot.
Yours sincerely,
Rainer
Here is some interesting information for all among you who enjoy drinking coffee. It deals with coffee spilling phenomena.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2078152015300377
The research has just been awarded the IG Nobel Prize.
Here is a link for all present prize winners: http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/
Enjoy.
Thank you all for your contributions. I enjoyed your contributions a lot.
Yours sincerely,
Rainer
Coffee consumption is associated with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, liver cirrhosis, cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. However, drinking too much coffee have some side effects such as risks of bone fracture in women and adverse pregnancy outcome.
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Actually, the question is interesting. As a strict tea drinker, I do have a slightly different opinion on coffee. What is clear is that coffee-related drinks are harmful in the sense that they create a dependance to such substances. Now it is sure that all is a question of quantity and there are different factors to take into account... An another question is that coffee in international trends is not the harmless coffee which we can find in the high mountains of Bolivia or in the beautiful plains of Kenya. I hope the answer gives you new elements for your researches. Sincerely yours, Alexandre Solcà
The relationship of coffee with health has been featured in more than 8000 professional medical studies during the past 40 years. However, in many cases, conflicting findings and concerns have arisen, making it difficult for health professionals and the public to interpret the data. Coffee consumption tends to attract tobacco smoking, but many studies did not account for this potential confounding the data analysis. Some measurement errors seem to be inevitable in the assessment of coffee consumption, because people consume a wide variety of coffee from day to day. Coffee intake is determined by the size of the coffee cup and the strength of the brew as well as frequency of consumption.
Many studies show that coffee consumption may help prevent several chronic diseases. In particular, long-term coffee consumption is associated with significant dose-dependent reductions in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, coffee intake reduces the risk of liver damage in people at high risk for liver disease including hepatic injury, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Its consumption is also inversely associated with the risk of Parkinson's disease in men and women who have never used postmenopausal estrogen. The risk of Alzheimer's disease is lower in those who regularly consume caffeine-containing coffee than in those who do not drink it.
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