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Guzzling Coffee May Cut Heart Disease
New Scientist ^ | 6-16-2008 | Ewen Callaway

Posted on 06/16/2008 8:21:54 PM PDT by blam

Guzzling coffee may cut heart disease

22:00 16 June 2008
NewScientist.com news service
Ewen Callaway

A strong cup of coffee in the morning can feel like a life saver. Now, one of the largest and longest studies of coffee drinking suggests that coffee may indeed boost your lifespan – providing you drink enough of the stuff, that is.

The study tracked 129,000 men and women over two decades. It found that people who consumed several cups of coffee every day were less likely to die of heart disease than those who shied away from the stuff. Heart disease is an umbrella term for conditions including heart attacks, stroke, and arrhythmia.

The researchers found that women who drank four to five cups per day were 34% less likely to die of heart disease, while men who had more than five cups a day were 44% less likely to die.

Consumption caution

The new report adds heft to the hypothesis that coffee can stem heart disease, perhaps by battling the inflammatory damage associated with early stage illness.

"It looks like coffee has some effect that hasn't been established before. The general idea is that coffee is not so bad," says study leader Esther Lopez-Garcia, an epidemiologist at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Yet Lopez-Garcia and other experts caution that it's too early for people to act on the study's findings.

"Before declaring that drinking up to seven cups of coffee per day is beneficial for health, we should wait for some other confirmation," warns Francesco Sofi, an epidemiologist at the University of Florence, who was not involved in the study.

The new study is not the first to connect coffee drinking with good health. Over the years, other

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KEYWORDS: coffee; disease; guzzling; heart
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1 posted on 06/16/2008 8:21:55 PM PDT by blam
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El Presidente Hugo once said he drank 33 cups a day.


2 posted on 06/16/2008 8:23:52 PM PDT by sinanju
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That’s a relief, off the whole Russert thing.


3 posted on 06/16/2008 8:31:00 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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That’s a relief, off the whole Russert thing.

"Saint Timothy"?

4 posted on 06/16/2008 8:34:11 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Given such dismal choices, I guess I'll vote for the old guy.)
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YES!!!!!

5 posted on 06/16/2008 8:38:30 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Typical Whitey Gramma just like Obamies!)
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Sure, drinking 7 cups of coffee/day might enable you to live longer, but... you probably spend most of that time going to the bathroom to take a wiz.


6 posted on 06/16/2008 8:40:08 PM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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THANK YOU!!!!

I am sending this article to my husband...


7 posted on 06/16/2008 8:41:59 PM PDT by pinkpanther111
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My day starts with a pot of 8 o'clock. I finish with a glass or two of red wine with dinner, and a good whiskey with my evening cigar...

2 outa 3 ain't too bad!

8 posted on 06/16/2008 8:42:19 PM PDT by WVKayaker ( "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome..." I. Asimov)
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Coffee drinkers safe from early death
9 posted on 06/16/2008 8:42:21 PM PDT by blam
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.....BECAUSE CAFFEINISM IS FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


10 posted on 06/16/2008 8:44:13 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Islam: Imagine a clown car.........with guns.)
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I gulp around 7 cups a day...and proud to say that they’re never from Starbucks.


11 posted on 06/16/2008 8:44:16 PM PDT by max americana
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I should live forever, then...


12 posted on 06/16/2008 8:44:42 PM PDT by absalom01 (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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Wait a minute.....so this will offset the smoking?


13 posted on 06/16/2008 8:45:16 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Islam: Imagine a clown car.........with guns.)
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Just a month ago the doctor told me to quit drinking my 12 cup pot of coffee in the morning and switch to tea because of blood pressure.


14 posted on 06/16/2008 8:50:37 PM PDT by dalereed (both)
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:) me too!!!


15 posted on 06/16/2008 8:53:07 PM PDT by pinkpanther111
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I think this is an old wives tale.


16 posted on 06/16/2008 8:55:06 PM PDT by mtg
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Coffee is to the heart kinda like my old car. Runs force of habit.


17 posted on 06/16/2008 8:55:20 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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who funded the study
starbooks


18 posted on 06/16/2008 9:00:46 PM PDT by Flavius (war gives peace its security)
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People love to hear good news about their bad habits.


19 posted on 06/16/2008 9:02:07 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ( Never "of changing false beliefs by facts.)
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I don’t want to know what it does to your bowels.

I think the most I’ve done is 3 or 4, but I drink coffee really sweet.


20 posted on 06/16/2008 9:02:40 PM PDT by wastedyears (Like a bat outta Hell.)
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