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Old 09-08-2008, 07:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Are the benefits of coffee real???

I've heard so many arguments for and against coffee I don't know what to think. Preventing alzheimers and parkinson's, etc.? Is this real? And if it is, is it worth the trade off? What's the truth behind it all and how do we know it's the truth? How do we sift through it all to find the unbiased truth??
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I've invested some time in reading up on the benefits of coffee. There are as many positives as there are negatives. We've had a couple of threads about this already. If you search on coffee or caffeine in this forum you will find them.

I personally find it far more interesting to investigate how coffee affects ME. Like Steve suggests with the 30 day trials.
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My two cents,

If in moderation coffee is fine, yet if you have too much it becomes an addiction and coffee withdraws can be hard to get through. I personally enjoy a cup or two in the morning. Maybe it is like wine. One glass a day can have healthy benefits. One bottle of wine a day is a differnet story.
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Everything is addictive even in moderation, if you haven't achieved full awareness yet than you should start that because your drug, food and other habits might stop you from facing the pain and entering Nirvana.

Note, it is not necessary for you to consciously accept information, sleep, and meditation.. etc is designed to convert raw data into its purest form.
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I don't know for sure if the benefits of coffee are real or fabricated. The jury is still out on it. But if you buy organic coffee, then at least you will not be exposed to the laundry list of pesticides that coffee is known to contain. In its perfect form, coffee is not bad for you, but it does have an addictive quality to it. And in large amounts, it can be detrimental. Water is a much better drink. I do say, if you are to drink coffee, no sugar, no cream. Those two additions make it that much worse. Sure, it may taste bitter, but it only takes a little getting used to. Your body will thank you. As for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, I don't know. But it sure does work well as a pick-me-up.
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I heard that smoking cigarettes protect against alzheimer's disease, but the reason for that is because smokers never live long enough to get alzheimer's disease in the first place, which is why smoking protects against the disease.
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smokers never live long enough to get alzheimer's disease
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I was simply providing another example of something negative that protects against certain kinds of diseases to show that it relates to the op's statement that there is data showing that drinking coffee protects against alzheimer's disease.
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I like to drink TINY amounts every so often, for the flavour. I don't like the effect a lot of it has on me. It's like chocolate and wine in that respect. Though I notice if I don't get drunk or overeat, it does leave a nice lingering feeling of wellbeing.
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Supposedly it's good because it has things like antioxidants.

It's bad because it contains caffeine, which you don't need to be taking on a daily basis.

I don't see why you shouldn't enjoy if you like the taste of it, but it's something to be enjoyed in moderation.
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I worked at a higher-end coffee shop for a year... The kind that pays you to go to classes and coffee tasting "parties." The people that would come into the shop displayed very distinct characteristics of using coffee as a stilt. Something to lean on when you need help. That is a very addictive idea... a judgeless, easy to obtain, easy to consume, goddess of energy that "allows lives to continue on in an ever-busying world."

And that evidents why coffee is bad in my moral opinion

The health effects of coffee I don't know too much about still, because no one truthfully does. I will say this, though; almost EVERYTHING we eat changes the way we function. You could help prevent one disease by eating something, but it causes a deficiency in another part of your body. Coffee is extremely complex structurally, and that makes it very hard to see the overall effects of.
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