Coffee Consumption Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk
For many people, a cup of coffee signals the start of the day. For those who
continue to drink the beverage all day long, new findings support their
habit. According to a report published in the current issue of the journal
Annals of Internal Medicine, heavy java drinkers have a lower risk of
developing type 2 diabetes, a disease that currently afflicts about 15
million Americans.
Sufferers of type 2 diabetes, which is sometimes referred to as adult-onset
diabetes because it is more common in older patients, do not utilize insulin
properly to metabolize food. In addition to age, risk factors for the
disease include being overweight and physically inactive. In 2000, a Dutch
study suggested that once other risks are accounted for, coffee drinkers may
be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than non-coffee drinkers are, but
it did not differentiate between caffeinated and non-caffeinated varieties.
In the new work, a group of researchers from Harvard University and Brigham
and Women's Hospital in Boston followed some 126,000 people for more than a
dozen years. Every few years the participants answered detailed
questionnaires that included questions about their java habits. The
scientists determined that men who drank more than six cups of caffeinated
joe each day had a risk of developing type 2 diabetes that was half that of
their peers who did not drink caffeinated coffee. Among women, the risk was
30 percent lower for regular coffee drinkers compared to non-drinkers. The
effects for decaf coffee lovers were smaller: a 25 percent risk reduction
for men and a 15 percent reduction for women as compared to non-drinkers.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Levy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 11:56 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Coffee and health-MORNING FIX FOR THE WORLD!
Did you say MORNING COFFEE or MORNING FIX!!! I used to need my morning fix,
now I simply savour my morning herbal tea with no side-effects!!
Joe
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Quoting Rebecca Tinning <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi
>
> Sorry I don't have time to reply to your postings....I HAVE TO GET MY
> MORNING COFFEE!!!!
>
> Cheers!
> Rebecca
> Web Communications
> Australian Health Managemetn Group
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Levy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2004 4:31 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Coffee and health
>
>
> Coffee is the modern day drug that keeps the world together. However,
unlike
> cigarettes, you don't kill other people "directly" when you overindulge!
You
> only kill them indirectly- health care costs, heart disease, depression,
> etc.
> Joe
> --
> Dr. Joseph Levy
> Professor, School of Health Policy and Management
> Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies;
> Director, Wellness Centre at York University;
> Academic Advisor, Vanier College
> 274 Vanier College, 4700 Keele Street
> Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
> Phone: 416-736-2100 ext, 33898
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>
> Quoting "Thuringer, Ellen" <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > I heard recently that if coffee was brought forward today for approval
> from
> > the FDA it would surely not pass! Yet it seems coffee makes the world go
> > round especially in hospitals where you have to trip over coffee vendors
> to
> > get in the doors...
> > Ellen Thuringer
> > Wellness Coordinator
> > The Scarborough Hospital
> > 3050 Lawrence Avenue East
> > Scarborough, Ont. M1P 2V5
> > tel: (416) 438-2911 ext 6538
> > fax: (416) 431-8204
> > [log in to unmask]
> > "Be the change you want to see in the world" -Ghandi
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jareoslaw G. Wechowski [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: February 3, 2004 2:10 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Coffee and health
> >
> >
> > There is much talk about trans-fats, cholesterol, salt and simple
sugars.
> > Interestingly, little is ever mentioned about population health effects
of
> > coffee "addiction". In the Ottoman Empire coffee was banned as a potent
> > drug. Some years ago coffee was considered to be an occasional treat,
not
> > worth any public health worries. But coffee is not just blood pressure
and
> > peptic ulcers. I am aware of studies linking coffee consumption and
> > mutations in sperm DNA. After all, coffee contains mutagenes and
> > carcinogenes resulting from the roasting process. Chemical additives and
> > pesticides might also play a role.
> >
> > Meanwhile, the global reader may learn from WebMD, promoted by Hotmail,
> that
> > coffee is not only health food but possibly a miracle cure.
> >
> > http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/80/96454.htm?printing=true
> >
> > Nearly 100 years ago there were real scientific articles demonstrating
> such
> > beneficial effects of tobacco. Do we have to wait another 100 years?
> >
> > Jaroslaw G. Wechowski, M.D.
> > Ph.D. cand.
> > Warsaw School of Economics
> > Poland
> >
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