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I am an apologist when it comes to coffee drinkers and caffeine consumers everywhere. While I recognize that like all things, too much of it can be harmful, I am glad to hear of the continued research that shows the positives of both caffeine and coffee.
It is unfortunate that many people (including those who do drink coffee) think of this habit as a sort of vice. The vice-people contend that drinking it is really not good for you. They believe that drinking coffee is a minor indulgence when compared to many other “vices.” While an over-consumption of coffee (or anything for that matter) is a vice, moderately drinking a couple cups a day is actually good for you.
Swedish researchers have discovered that two cups of coffee a day can reduce your chance of liver cancer by 43%. Furthermore, time and again the research has indicated that coffee does not increase the chance of cancer and this study only shows that a regular dose of coffee might actually be good for your health.
I will no longer argue that drinking coffee is not a vice, but I will now contend that it is a virtue.
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The more I read about cancer research, the more I’m convinced that scientists have no idea what causes cancer and what prevents it… All they are relying on are statistical relations between items, which is great when it comes to conditions that can be accurately controlled.
But when it comes to health, where there are inherently multitudes of variations in diet, exercise, and genetic conditions, any solid conclusion about the effects of drinking 2 cups of coffee a day cannot be accurate. While trends can be found based on the data, these trends can also be based totally on unrelated coincidences, like the fact that coffee drinkers are more likely to do something else, which is the actual cause for the reduction of cancer…
I’m not the biggest fan of statistical assumptions, especially when it comes to health… but I will admit that if they can back up their stats with actual scientific experiments that link elements in coffee to reduced risk of cancer, I’ll buy it.
I’m waiting for the report that statistically links drinking 8 cups of water a day and increased chances of colon cancer.