18-02-2011, 20:21
(This post was last modified: 18-02-2011, 20:35 by chrishoney.)
You know what? Don't believe me; read it for yourself. Here are the first few results from a google search on "evidence that coffee is bad for your health":
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/questions/coffee/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/393510/is_coffee_bad_for_your_health.html?cat=5
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/coffee-new-health-food
http://www.cosic.org/questions-and-answers
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/4346042/ns/today-today_health/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Coffee-Bad-For-Your-Health?-Heres-What-I-Found&id=3244241
http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/coffee.htm
This is hardly an exhaustive nor scientific literature review. If you only read one link, read the first one from the Harvard School of Public Health in which they state:
Another quote from the last link above says:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/questions/coffee/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/393510/is_coffee_bad_for_your_health.html?cat=5
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/coffee-new-health-food
http://www.cosic.org/questions-and-answers
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/4346042/ns/today-today_health/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Coffee-Bad-For-Your-Health?-Heres-What-I-Found&id=3244241
http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/coffee.htm
This is hardly an exhaustive nor scientific literature review. If you only read one link, read the first one from the Harvard School of Public Health in which they state:
Quote:I think the evidence is good that for people in general—outside of a few populations, such as pregnant women, or people who have trouble controlling their blood pressure or blood sugar—coffee is one of the good, healthy beverage choices.
Another quote from the last link above says:
Quote:"By and large, the studies (2) show that coffee is far more beneficial than it is harmful," says Tomas DePaulis, PhD, researcher at Vanderbilt University's Institute for Coffee Studies, which conducts its own research and tracks coffee studies around the globe. For most individuals, studies show that very little bad comes from drinking coffee, but a lot of good.