A Harvard PhD researcher analyzed 8 separate studies in 2005 and found that adults who drink 6-7 cups of coffee every day slash their risks of diabetes by over ONE THIRD over those who drank just 2 cups a day.
Another study focusing solely on women showed similar results: A 13% reduction in diabetes risk for females who drank 2 cups daily, and as much as a 40% drop for those who consumed 4 or more cups each day!
Drinking coffee also had positive effects on the risk of Parkinson's disease and colon cancer...
According to some new Italian research highlighted in a Reuters health article in June 2007, both men and women who drank at least 28 cups of coffee every week enjoyed as much as a 60 PERCENT reduction in their risk of a certain type of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) over those who drank less than 14 cups a week...
This risk reduction was not seen among decaf drinkers or among those favoring tea.
~ William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
Italian research? Is that like German pasta?
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteI've reduced my risk of diabetes by 4/3!
Unfortunately, the whole advantage is cancelled out by organic broccoli.
ReplyDeletePardon the self-reference, but I am completely on board.
ReplyDeleteNB, another study, or better yet, another meta-study will soon come out with the opposite conclusion.
Skipper:
ReplyDeletePLEASE tell me that you don't drink 24 cups of coffee a day.
Mike:
Self-reference welcomed here. (Up to a point, which point nobody has come even remotely near - yet).
Ooops. Bad public math.
ReplyDeleteThat must mean my risk is down by nearly four and a half thirds.
Well, no. On average, right around four cups a day.
Since I don't have a hint of diabetes, that must mean the study is true, right?
Isn't that how these things work?
Remember when I said that all meta-studies are garbage? That obviously didn't include this excellent study.
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