Re: More good news for coffee drinkers (NDC)


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> HEALTH-JAPAN-COFFEE
>
> Cup of coffee a day prevents high blood pressure: report
>
>
>
> TOKYO, Nov 20 (AFP-Jiji) - A Japanese medical research team has
> discovered drinking a cup of coffee or two a day could lower the risk of
> high blood pressure, a report said Sunday.
>
> The team led by a researcher at Keio University conducted the study on
> 4,554 men aged from their 20s to 70s who visited Tokyo clinics for
> checkups
> on
> lifestyle-related disease from October 2003 to March 2004, the Tokyo
> Shimbun said.
>
> The study found that people who drank no coffee had the biggest ratio of
> high blood pressure, with the lowest risk of high blood pressure in the
> category
> drinking three cups or more, it said.
>
> ``It would be good for young and middle-aged people to drink a cup of
> coffee or two everyday,'' the newspaper said, citing the researcher.
>
> ``Chlorogenic acid, a type of polyphenol contained in coffee, is
> considered to have the effect of expanding blood vessels,'' it said.
>
> ``But there also is a report that drinking coffee may lead to a
> cerebrovascular disorder for the elderly. Taking too much caffeine also
> induces excess stomach
> acid.''
>
> Another Japanese research team has found a cup of coffee a day halves
> the
> risk of colon cancer among women, according to a recent news report.
>
> oh/sct/jah
>
> Health-Japan-coffee
>
> AFP 200701 GMT NOV 05
>

Wow, that's strange. All the people I know who take medication for high
blood pressure are coffee drinkers. Both parents, my siblings, brothers in
law, friends... Me, I don't drink coffee at all and my blood pressure has
never been high.


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