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Enjoy that next cup of coffee: it may be your last
Times Online [UK] ^ | March 08, 2006 | Sam Lister

Posted on 03/07/2006 4:29:23 PM PST by indcons

COFFEE drinkers who have more than three cups a day could significantly increase their chances of suffering a heart attack.

Research suggests that some people who carry a particular variation of a gene cannot process caffeine as quickly as other people. Such individuals could be 60 per cent more likely to have a heart attack if they drink large amounts of coffee.

It is not known how common the gene variation is in the British population. Some studies indicate that up to a third of Caucasians may carry it.

Canadian scientists have discovered that people with the slower metabolism gene variation, known as *1F, run a dramatically higher risk even if they drink only two cups a day.

Researchers found that heavy coffee drinkers under the age of 50 were four times as likely to have an attack compared with those who had one cup a day.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: coffee; health; heart; junkscience
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To: Supernatural

Read post #72, it's really good.


81 posted on 03/07/2006 7:06:20 PM PST by Nova
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To: Nova

Ganging up on me eh?

ROFL!! :-)

You ain't gettin my coffee, and I ain't going to rehab!

And if you think I'm stubborn, wait till you go after the prissy liberal latte' crowd! You clowns aint got a chance.


82 posted on 03/07/2006 7:11:25 PM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: Thebaddog

My Mom fried everything in lard and must have drank 10 cups of coffee a day. It's no wonder she only lived to be 89 years old.


83 posted on 03/07/2006 7:13:10 PM PST by jerry639
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To: Nova
LOL on that one.

My manic depressive ex-wife needed FIVE cups of coffee in the morning to get her motor running. She only weighed 110. She was addicted.

She told me she could tell decaf by the taste. So I switched her regular for decaf without telling her.

A few days later she started getting violent headaches. Withdrawal symptoms from caffeine.
84 posted on 03/07/2006 7:15:50 PM PST by Supernatural (Lay me doon in the caul caul groon, whaur afore monie mair huv gaun)
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To: JoeSixPack1
You days are numbered Joe!

It's time to put down the coffee and only use morally acceptable drugs. Like Levitra.

85 posted on 03/07/2006 7:21:55 PM PST by Nova
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To: JoeSixPack1

Free country, have all you want. LOL


86 posted on 03/07/2006 7:29:42 PM PST by Supernatural (Lay me doon in the caul caul groon, whaur afore monie mair huv gaun)
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To: Nova

Are you trying to sell me drugs, online????

That's a pretty brazen activity and could land you in jail.

Sounds like you need a break from your addictive computer use.
You should give it up immediately before you get caught!


87 posted on 03/07/2006 7:30:49 PM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: Supernatural

:-)


88 posted on 03/07/2006 7:31:32 PM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: dalereed

I drink coffee all day, the coffee pot is never off or empty.
The only drawback is a lot of head calls at night to get rid of it. then back to bed and right to sleep. 160 lbs since about 17 yo. now 72 yo, same weight. Screw the worry warts.


89 posted on 03/07/2006 7:40:04 PM PST by Freeper john
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To: JoeSixPack1
There's nothin' immoral or illegal about treating that ED you've acquired from excessive coffee and beer drinking, Joe.

What say we put a smile back on the little ladies face Joe. And it's only about $10.00 per ride; ready to give the old guy another try?

90 posted on 03/07/2006 7:40:24 PM PST by Nova
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To: Nova

Are you a medical professional??
Are you giving medial advice over your computer??
Are you still drug dealing?
Is this legal or just another of your addictions that in time will get you caught?

You may need counseling. Turn yourself in to the nearest mental health facility and have them check you out. You don't seem well. Please give up your computer, it's ruining you.


91 posted on 03/07/2006 7:55:55 PM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: muawiyah

"just where have you been all these years?"

I've been long enough to know people like you are FOS.


92 posted on 03/07/2006 7:57:27 PM PST by jwh_Denver (Death is not optional)
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To: JoeSixPack1
"Turn yourself in to the nearest mental health facility"

Now calm down there Joe. We all get upset when things go south in the sack. It's nothing to get worked up about. It happens to all of us. Except me, of course.

Uh oh, I can hear them coming for me...got to get away...find Joe...help him with his ED...

93 posted on 03/07/2006 8:01:39 PM PST by Nova
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To: indcons

TG I'm safe. I don't drink the stuff.

Instead, I just eat a handful or two of chocolate covered coffee beans five times a day.


94 posted on 03/07/2006 8:08:17 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: LukeL
Considering I can drink 3-4 sodas 2-3 hours before bed and sleep 10 hours

Would you mind telling me where you bought your bladder? I could use one like it.

95 posted on 03/07/2006 8:12:24 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: jwh_Denver
I know, you're one of those guys who doesn't believe Diabetes exists.

Good luck. Drink deep, eh.

96 posted on 03/08/2006 6:50:34 AM PST by muawiyah (-)
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