Posted on 10/05/2012 4:32:22 PM PDT by Jyotishi
A new Harvard study has discovered a high incidence of vision problems among men and women who drank three or more cups of coffee a day. The research, published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, http://www.iovs.org/content/53/10/6427.abstract?sid=9dd04ef5-beba-4204-b980-19a9afd4a3aa linked heavy consumption of caffeinated coffee with increased likelihood of developing exfoliation glaucoma, an eye disorder that affects about 10 percent of adults over age 50 and can lead to vision loss or blindness.
Specifically, the researchers reported that adults who drank three or more cups of coffee daily were 34 percent more likely to develop exfoliation glaucoma, compared to those who abstained from coffee. Women with a family history of glaucoma were at the highest risk, with their threat of exfoliation glaucoma soaring by 66 percent if they quaffed three or more cups of java per day.
Heres a closer look at the study and what it means for coffee-lovers.
(Excerpt) Read more at health.yahoo.net ...
Every man knows that BEER leads to vision loss.”
And that’s a fact. Give some guys several beers and watch what they try to hit on.
Sorry. It reformatted during posting.
“P interaction = 0.06 for coffee; P interaction = 0.03 for caffeine”
Maybe the problem is not the caffeine.
My experience is that the tannins in the dark roasts enlarge my prostrate after about three days of 3 cups per day. When I stop, the problem goes away. I tried decaf dark roast and it did not reduce.
I’ve loved coffee since a very young child when my parents would give me the empty eight o’clock coffee bag after they dumped the fresh ground coffee into the canister on the counter. I would place the bag over my mouth and breathe the wonderful aroma. It was heaven. Been addicted ever since!
You won’t drink my coffee.
I’ll drink your coffee, but it tends to taste burned.
[You don’t use the salt trick.]
Admittedly, my coffee gunks up coffee makers and makes them sound possessed.
LOL!!!
Had an ancient Corningware percolator.
It always made perfect coffee.
Would still use it if it weren’t a fire hazard.
Wow...is THAT a blast from the past!!!
They don’t make coffee makers like that anymore.
Now they’re cheap seriously wimped down deals that choke and gag on a good day.
Since you asked ...
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southernnorthcarolina ... I waited for you to step in but we like to help our FRiends around here ...
BTW - Nice house, nice car, nice dogs, nice place - can you color me slightly jealous? ;-)
Then my mother lied........
Now, the question would be, who figured that out? I'm impressed.
Just cut and paste your font settings, 000000 = black, ffffff = white, but ingeniously it was perfect for the post and humorously presented. IMHO.
I’m not questioning who may or may not have too much time on their hands ... ;-)
I said, "Dad, I'm over here."
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