Comments on: Coffee, the fountain of youth?

By: Drink coffee… live longer! He is Sufficient - worshiping in a wilderness of words

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:08:07 +0000

[…] Read the full article here, though I didn’t care for the commenter who noted that “anything more than 2 cups of coffee is linked to brain deterioration“. My wife doesn’t need any more ammunition… […]

By: Grace88

Grace88 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:18:40 +0000

I also just Psyciatrist Daniel G Amen cite a recent Harvard study on PBS television showing how caffeine of any kind, and anything more than 2 cups of coffee is linked to brain deterioration and they showed the scans pictures of a coffee brain. Not attractive! The show was called “Change your brain Change your life”. Also, it showed how this brain deficit is linked to alzheimers and depression. Back to blueberries!

By: gopher38

gopher38 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:24:15 +0000

By the way, would 4 cups per day qualify as a coffee addict? I would have said 8 to 10.

By: gopher38

gopher38 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:19:10 +0000

Well, this would be good news, except that there’ll be another study at the end of the year saying that coffee only has beneficial effects when taken with glazed donuts. And then one next year saying that the donuts are healthy, but not the coffee. Then another saying that neither is good, but chocolate milkshakes are. I think it’s actually pretty simple. Stay active and eat a variety of foods in reasonable portions and I think you’ll at least put the odds on your side.

By: grebl

grebl — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:20:59 +0000

Stat my IV coff

By: Jean Boxwell

Jean Boxwell — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:09:07 +0000

Don’t get giddy too fast. My cardiologist said “coffee is poison to your blood”. I still drink a couple cups a day because of the alzheimer studies, better safe than sorry. Too much information. People used to be able to live and die without weighing the evidence.

By: fishbach

fishbach — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:44:00 +0000

I think I’ll have another cup!

By: Concerned about consumers

Concerned about consumers — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:33:58 +0000

Lots of good points here:
- Enjoy everything in moderation,
- Don’t forget to replenish lost fluids (coffee being a diuretic totally dehydrates you - which I would expect to counteract any “fountain of youth” type of affects) with lots of fresh water,
- A recent study has found that more than 2 cups a day can increase the risk of miscarriage in pregnancies less than 20 weeks. I am 33 weeks and enjoy 2 cups a day, with the afternoon cup as a deterrent to wandering to the vending machine for something to satisfy my sweet craving (doubling the health benefit if you ask me!), and
- Do those with bad feelings towards coffee also share the same feelings for tea…another plant that we steep in hot water and enjoy loads of health benefits from???

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:28:47 +0000

I like to have my coffee with eggs. But wait, are eggs good or bad for us now? I can never remember ….

By: George

George — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0000

It’s actually decaffeinated coffee that leads to miscarriages.