Good News Just Keeps On Coming

[Mike S]

I knew if I lived long enough, the geeks who do these studies would find coffee good for me. Next up, bourbon!



Really? Drinking Coffee Lowers Colon Cancer Risk - http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/really-drinking-coffee-lowers-colon-cancer-risk/

The researchers looked in detail at their diets, habits and health, and found that people who drank four or more cups of coffee a day — regular or decaf — had a 15 percent lower risk of colon cancer compared with coffee abstainers. While the researchers could not prove cause and effect, they did find that the link was dose-responsive: Greater coffee consumption was correlated with a lower colon cancer risk.


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[Jethro Bodine]

Before I quit coffee it did help me stay regular. So I can see the value of coffee in regard to colon health that way.

But who cares how regular you are if coffee makes you sin. For me, coffee made it hard to process threats in calmness and with a level head. I had to give it up or risk getting myself in trouble when the next situation came up that I couldn't handle properly because of how coffee was affecting my brain. For me, the words next to the picture of the person drinking coffee would read, "I've had my two cups of coffee, run before I kill you."

I haven't regretted the decision to quit coffee. Life is so much better without my coffee addiction.

 

[AirDancer]

Thanks for the great news, Mark!

I've known for years coffee was healthy (she says as she takes a sip of coffee). I understand some people can't drink it because of the caffeine.

Back in the day when coffee was deemed 'unhealthy', energy drinks were being promoted heavily. Just as when real eggs were deemed 'unhealthy', egg substitutes were being highly touted. One always has to have a look/see to learn why something is deemed 'unhealthy' while an artificial substitute or alternative is claimed to be 'healthy'. :eeeekkk

 

[reba]

:morning

 

[tim-from-pa]

Thanks for the great news, Mark!

I've known for years coffee was healthy (she says as she takes a sip of coffee). I understand some people can't drink it because of the caffeine.

Back in the day when coffee was deemed 'unhealthy', energy drinks were being promoted heavily. Just as when real eggs were deemed 'unhealthy', egg substitutes were being highly touted. One always has to have a look/see to learn why something is deemed 'unhealthy' while an artificial substitute or alternative is claimed to be 'healthy'. :eeeekkk

You picked up on something here. It's the concept that some man-made derivative is healthier than what God made in nature. Sometimes they seem to know that some processed foods are bad for you, but then they mindlessly lump it in with natural foods (and the nutrients they contain) as well. This generation really has no clue about proper nutrition.

I'll give an example. We all know that McDonald's Hamburgers are not the healthiest thing to eat. But the reason they give to you is different. They are worried about the saturated fats and salt, to heck with everything else. I'll tell you it's bad because there's probably meat fillers, antibiotics they fed the animals, preservatives, maybe even disease (who knows where that meat came from?). Then I'll direct you to a healthy burger from grass-fed cattle and tell you it's healthy even though it has as saturated fat and maybe even added salt in it as the McDonald's burger. But they won't differentiate that from a McDonald's burger nonetheless because of their mindset. Instead, if you drained the fat from the McDonald's burger and made it bland without salt (while keeping the fillers, slime and sludge in yet), they would call that "healthy" and my burger "unhealthy".

No wonder I go off griping about such stupidity. But then again, the adage still holds "You are what you eat" which is why after people have been obeying this "health" advice they been cramming down our throats are dropping over dead from heart disease, cancers, etc faster than ever.

 

[AirDancer]

Hi, Tim-

I spent many a year in advertising, whether as a radio copywriter or head of an ad agency, and I can tell you there are companies who will pay big bucks to promote their product. In order to mass market a food item, some ad agencies would compare the new item with the real thing, and the real thing would come out to be the loser.

Remember the campaign to remove real butter from the table? Margarine companies saturated (yes, pun intended) the market place with coupons, radio & television ads, print ads, billboards... all to promote a substitute for butter. Not everyone can digest butter properly, but the majority of people can. (For that matter, it has been advised that women should avoid margarine and use only real butter.)

Anyway.... I'm really glad coffee is back on the healthy list. Along with the good soaking rains received today in my area... this coffee news have added a certain musical tone to my prayers.