Re: More good news for coffee drinkers (NDC)

k sturm wrote:
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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.

My mother and I have always drank coffee to relax, not for energy.
Caffeine's never had any stimulant effect on either of us, and we both
have blood pressure that's on the low side.

I don't drink coffee that often, but when I do, I prefer it late in the
evening to help me unwind -- it's especially helpful when the insomnia
acts up (ever since I was a kid, I've had transient bouts that last a
few weeks).

My father, on the other hand, can only have one or two cups before noon
or else he's on edge for the rest of the day and has a hard time falling
asleep at night. He takes high blood pressure medicine.

My sister's one of those people who needs half a pot of coffee in the
morning in order to function. I don't know what her blood pressure's
like, but she probably would have said something if it were high.
.

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