"Our results suggest that long-term, regular coffee consumption does not increase the risk of death and probably has several beneficial effects on health," said lead researcher Dr. Esther Lopez-GarciaWhile not exactly a ringing endorsement that swigging down six cups of coffee a day will make you immortal, it is nice to know that my occasional excesses on the Java front will not kill me any quicker.
The study says that for men, drinking two or three cups of coffee a day made no real difference to health one way or the other-but six cups-well, that might help prevent heart disease and cancer. Curiously the benefits of drinking coffee were achieved even with Decaf-though it is hard to imagine why anyone would drink six cups of Decaf a day. I prefer the extra caffeinated coffees myself.
Stories about the benefits of coffee are not new, but they are often balanced with a few warnings that drinking coffee in excess is a bad thing. In the age of the Giant Latte I guess drinking six cups of coffee a day is not really all that excessive. I do like coffee, but I like the jolt I get from the coffee a lot more than I like the flavor or health benefits. Of course, I take my coffee with a lot of cream and sugar, which likely counter-balances any good effects anyway.
Drink coffee, it's good for you-oh wait, that was Moxie.
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