Comments on: Why Coffee is Good for You

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:28:48 +0000

COFFEE FTW. That’s all I wanted to say

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By: Ben Pei

Ben Pei — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:43:43 +0000

Yeah but it does keep you awake right?

By: Ben Pei

Ben Pei — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:43:06 +0000

And coffee brings you lots of friends to chill out with!

By: Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com

Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:57:21 +0000

Just remember everything in moderation.

By: betshopboy

betshopboy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:25:26 +0000

What works for one person may not yield similar effect for another.

As with all things, moderation is always the key.

By: Anne Louise Bannon

Anne Louise Bannon — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:51:00 +0000

I tend to greet most nutrition information with a certain amount of skepticism. I know I love my one cup of coffee in the morning, but then, my husband roasts his own beans and we get really, really good coffee. It’s a taste issue.

That being said, one can always order soda or tea at a coffee house and still get out. Or just go to the local library.

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:11:41 +0000

Let me add that coffee as Duane states increases the insulin levels which is bad for type 2 diabetics, which I am one of the many millions.

The caffine in coffee does not give you the high, it’s a sugar rush!

Coffee is just as bad and addicting as cigarettes, and any other drug. But, if done in reasonable moderation is not life threatening and I even have a cup or two a week.

By: dcr

dcr — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:17:25 +0000

I used to drink coffee once, maybe twice, a year. But that restaurant closed a couple years ago and I haven’t had a full cup of coffee since.

I drink tea on pretty much a daily basis though.

By: Panamajack

Panamajack — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:01:11 +0000

A pharmacist friend of mine once wisely told me to NEVER take any nutrition based studies too seriously, particularly of the “Consuming A” equals “Benefit B” variety. Our physiology is just too complicated to make blanket statements like “coffee is good/coffee is bad”. We all have to listen up to what our bodies are telling us.

Michael Pollen’s essay in the NYT, “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”, is always worth a read when facing the logic of ‘nutritionism’:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html

That said, I LOVE coffee, and welcome any intellectual placebo that reinforces my love.