OAKLAND, California (UPI) -- Coffee may be good for life. A major study has found fewer suicides among coffee drinkers than those who abstained from the hot black brew.
The study of nearly 130,000 Northern California residents and the records of 4,500 who have died looked at the effects of coffee and tea on mortality.
Cardiologist Arthur Klatsky said of the surprising results, ``This is not a fluke finding because our study was very large, involved a multiracial population, men, women, and examined closely numerous factors related to mortality such as alcohol consumption and smoking.''
The unique survey also found no link between coffee consumption and death risk. And it confirmed a ``weak'' connection of coffee or tea to heart attack risk -- but not to other cardiovascular conditions such as stroke.
The study was conducted by the health maintenance organization Kaiser Permanente and was reported Wednesday in the Annals of Epidemiology.
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Mood disorders and caffeine
I don't think it's mentioned enough that in susceptible individuals caffeine can mimic the effects of a severe mood disorder. Sometimes people go their whole lives thinking they have bipolar disorder or some other issue but in reality it was always just their caffeine addiction at work.
effects of coffee during pregnency
It is being found by a study that pregnant women shouldn’t take cup of coffee in the morning.is it right? i studied it in this blog
Iron Chef - No Heartburn Coffee
Iron Chef (of TV fame) has decided to produce and sell a full flavored caffeine coffee which will not cause heartburn.
They were primarily interested in a coffee blend which passes the rigid taste standards of the Iron Chef, while at the same time processed naturally, to reduce or eliminate anything in the coffee which introduces or encourages acidity in the stomach.
what are some big side effects being a coffee drinker?
Hi everyone, I am 31 years old and a huge coffee drinker. I've been drinking coffee since I was a kid. Well I have a question I hope someone can help answer. Lately I've been drinking coffee every morning and noticed after drining my first cup or second cup, my stomach would began to tighten up and begin cramping. I of course love my coffee and drink more. Then I have to run to the bathroom.
I was wanting to know, by me drinking so much coffee, could the caffine be messing up my stomach and causing serious harm? I'm just worried about my health, because i have a beautiful son that was born Christmas day last year, and I want to be healthy. Me being a coffee lover, I hope I'm not going to have to quit. I did hear coffee causes ulcers.
I had this same problem, I
I had this same problem, I have connected it with dehydration. So I drink at least 8oz of water in the morning and throughout the day. I had the same symptoms, but as long as I drink plenty of water no problem. It started at about 28 I had had no other problems before that.
I do agree that coffee has
I do agree that coffee has its benefits and has its worsts. All I know about it is that too much coffee may cause uric acid and may give you urine infection (UTI). It can also dry up your skin. While its benefits include less risk of heart attacks and has a calming effect for people with high blood pressure and who are drunk.
cardiologist
Even if your are cardiologist
Even if your are cardiologist I don't believe that caffeine give less heart attack ! this is totally insane ! this study surely done on American christian people who consume alcohol daily, may be caffeine curbs some alcohol effects.
Caffeine and alcohol are both of them poison and should be avoided
I don't know why people believe to much in those clinical studies !
To Much Coffee?
Is there a link between drinking to much coffee and nitrogeon narcosis? I think there might be. Having been drinking about 24 cups every day, I began experiencing the same side effects that divers who experience nitrogeon narcosis experience. Confusion, a punch drunk feeling.
Has anyone experienced this???
Drinking 50 cups of coffee in one day
I recently saw a poster for a company's coffee of the month, "Voltaire's Blend". Supposedly he drank 50 cups a day. If I were to try such a thing, spacing the cups out evenly through out the day, what would happen to me? I am considering it, just to see if it's possible. I normally drink between 3-9 cups per day of black coffee, which no longer gives me any kind of boost. I just want to make sure it isn't extremely dangerous. Slightly dangerous is okay.
re: Drinking 50 cups of coffee in one day
That is a LOT of coffee! You'll probably get a horrible stomach ache, not to mention end up in the restroom for most of the day.
I'm not an MD, I would recommend doing some research via the internet. I have many clients who I sell their websites for on Sell My Website. Or, you could just drink the 50 cups and let us all know what happened.