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
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Dr. Joseph Levy
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Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies;
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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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