November 30, 2012
The Case for Drinking as Much Coffee as You Like

“Coffee and caffeine have been inexorably intertwined in our thinking, but truth is coffee contains a whole lot of other stuff with biological benefits,” said Martin. And most concerns about caffeine’s negative effects on the heart have been dispelled. In June, a meta-analysis of ten years of research went so far as to find an inverse association between habitual, moderate consumption and risk of heart failure. The association peaked at four cups per day, and coffee didn’t stop being beneficial until subjects had increased their daily consumption to beyond ten cups.

Read more. [Image: Flickr]

The Case for Drinking as Much Coffee as You Like

“Coffee and caffeine have been inexorably intertwined in our thinking, but truth is coffee contains a whole lot of other stuff with biological benefits,” said Martin. And most concerns about caffeine’s negative effects on the heart have been dispelled. In June, a meta-analysis of ten years of research went so far as to find an inverse association between habitual, moderate consumption and risk of heart failure. The association peaked at four cups per day, and coffee didn’t stop being beneficial until subjects had increased their daily consumption to beyond ten cups.

Read more. [Image: Flickr]

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    “Coffee and caffeine have been inexorably intertwined in our thinking, but truth is coffee contains a whole lot of other...
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    kileyrae will probably have a Grinch-like smile on her face when she reads this…
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    I like this title.
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    HAH. Take that, world. I can learn to limit myself to nine cups.
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    I revel in these articles.
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    Thank goodness. 18MR’s social media runs on coffee. :)
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    Excellenttt.
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