Coffee studies should warm your heart

[bemildred]

Looking for a reason to not give up your coffee habit? Here's one possibility: heart health.

Numerous studies in recent years have reported that drinking coffee may be good for the cardiovascular system and might even help prevent strokes. Just last month, Swedish researchers announced results of a large study showing that coffee seemed to reduce the risk of stroke in women by up to 25%.

Not long ago, researchers thought quite the opposite about coffee and the heart, says Dr. Thomas Hemmen, director of the UC San Diego Stroke Center: "Coffee is fun and it tastes good, so people assumed for many years that it would be bad for you."

Studies conducted in the 1970s and 1980s offered little in the way of confirmation or refutation. Several suggested an increased risk of heart attack among coffee drinkers. Others showed a lowered risk of heart attack and stroke. Still others found no connection at all.

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-coffee-heart-disease-20110410,0,7175647.story

Interesting in relation to this too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=222x103045

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. But bad for the stomach. No? nt

[bemildred]

3. One can certainly overdo caffeine, no question about that.

As with most drugs, dosage is everything, and individual results may vary.

[eShirl]

7. If you mean the acidity, I think the cold brew method greatly reduces that.

http://blog.jugglingfrogs.com/2008/07/cold-brew-coffee.html

(I personally haven't tried the cold brew method with coffee; just with tea for iced tea.)

[astral]

9. It's not bad for MY stomach.

Bad coffee is bad for my stomach, though . So is OLD coffee which has been siting on the heat..

[bemildred]

11. Good beans, freshly ground, and freshly brewed, yes. nt

[90-percent]

2. Personally speaking

That's nice news for this 24 oz. a morning COFFEE ACHIEVER.

-90% Jimmy

Is it just me or are there scientific studies that substantiate everything?

[xchrom]

4. love, love, love coffee. nt

[bemildred]

5. Yep, natures bounty. nt

[snappyturtle]

6. Nice to read some good news this morning! I'm a coffee-oholic! nt

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8. It's also a great source of fiber

like eating several apples.

[Odin2005]

10. Vente raspberry mocha frap with an extra shot, please!

I loves me some caffeine, it calms me down and increases my attention span.