Good news for coffee drinkers (especially oldster coffee drinkers like me) - a new study shows no connection between coffee drinking and coronary heart disease. From NewsfactorMagazine Online:
Data on more than 120,000 participants in two U.S. studies that followed people for as long as two decades found no link between heart disease and a daily intake of six or more cups of coffee. In fact, the risk was the same as for people who had less than one cup of coffee or tea a month.
How-some-ever, the study doesn't apply to french press coffee. "Studies have consistently shown that drinking a lot of French-press coffee increases low-density lipoprotein, the bad cholesterol," says van Dam, research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health and a co-author of the report.
Uh oh.
And of course, if you like those fatty coffee-ish drinks then you're asking for cholesterol trouble.
I guess the answer is ... drink espresso, and drink it black!
As my cholesterol was a little high last time it was checked, I quit using cream and now use 1%, not as good as cream but better than nothing.
Posted by: ffxiv gil | June 18, 2010 at 05:37 AM
A comprehensive report on tea
Posted by: Adhocreporter | May 20, 2008 at 01:37 PM
As my cholesterol was a little high last time it was checked, I quit using cream and now use 1%, not as good as cream but better than nothing.
Posted by: keewee | April 26, 2006 at 01:46 PM
I guess the answer is ... drink espresso, and drink it black!
Can we say *ulcer*? :-) I used to enjoy my coffee black and strong years ago, but find Inow have to use a little bit of cream or it does bother my stomach.
Coffee should be a food group! ;-)
Posted by: Nancy | April 26, 2006 at 07:55 AM
Is it very odd that I always feel stomach empty after drinking blak coffee?
Posted by: Merries | April 25, 2006 at 05:52 PM