Re: What's your verdict on coffee - hurt us or help us?

On Aug 2, 11:50 am, "D." <djense...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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Headline: Coffee: A "Health Drink" or a "Health Hinderance?"

It's incredible the amount of conflicting evidence about coffee. No
matter which way you turn, there's someone who touts coffee as a
health drink, while another set of researchers finds that coffee is
bad, bad, bad.

Personally, I enjoy drinking coffee, and in fact I am writing today's
post from our local coffee shop. Most readers of this newsgroup are,
howewver, very aware of their health and their bodily processes. I
know when I drink coffee that everything gets "speeded up," and the
effect on my blood pressure has been noted on numerous occasions by my
doctor. And yet, I still drink it on occasion.

One example of the "good news" about coffee from today's medical wire:

"Regular and high coffee drinking may reduce the risk of liver cancer
by 55 per cent, says a new meta-analysis of observational studies. The
study, published in the August issue of <i>Hepatology</i>, pooled data
from six case-control and four cohort studies and found that an
increase of one cup of coffee every day was associated with a 23 per
cent reduction across all the studies. Moreover, the apparent
favorable effect of coffee drinking was found both in studies from
southern Europe, where coffee is widely consumed, and from Japan,
where coffee consumption is less frequent, and in subjects with
chronic liver diseases. The authors go on to say that liver cancer is
the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world, and third most
common cause of death from cancer.

These authors calculated that moderate coffee drinking was associated
with a 30 per cent lower risk, while heavy coffee drinking was
associated with a 55 per cent lower risk."

Coffee, one of the world's largest traded commodities produced in more
than 60 countries and generating more than $70 billion in retail sales
a year, continues to spawn research and interest, and has been linked
to reduced risks of certain diseases, especially of the liver and
diabetes.

Still, I know what it does for my blood pressure, and that certainly
isn't good. In this case, the verdict of whether or not coffee is
"good" is an entirely personal decision, and no matter which way you
go on it, you'll find evidence to support your decision. (Read the
excellent "US News and World Report" article on Coffee, which is
linked athttp://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/051219/19coffee.htm)

Dave

I think you'll find if you research the alternative medicine
literature on this subject that the biggest overriding issue as it
pertains to coffee affecting health is its affect on the bodies acid/
alkaline balance. As you probably know, most of the struggle with over
acidity. This is largely caused by eating acid forming foods (and
drink), coffee being one of the larger contributing factors. In fact,
Bernard Jensen claims 1 cup of coffee will keep the body in a acid
state for 24 hours regardless of other measures taken.

as you also probably know, over acid environment in the body is the
main cause of bone loss. Basically, in an effort to neutralize acid
in the body, the calcium from your bones are dissolved mobilizing it
through the bloodstream.

on the other hand, coffee is extremely addicting. Faced with all the
stresses and strains of everyday life it can be difficult to give up,
I seem to only do I give it up for periods of time before coming back
to it. Also, I find espresso to be less acid forming then regular
coffee. Perhaps this is because of the volume consumed. I know this
is the case because I actually have tested myself with pH litmus paper
with coffee and espresso.

.

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