Furthermore, how many industries do you know would tolerate back-and-forth weekly research for billions of dollars for several decades to still come up with inconclusive, and no definitive statement, on any positive or negative linkage? I’d be fired within a few years with that kind of fruitless track record.

It’s a rat hole. We should be moving on to more pressing medical research topics and not just the pop stuff with little human impact that helps sell newspapers.

6years ago, i have high BP, and taking medication from time to time to reduce my BP. I noticed, by accidentally trying coffee around 2006, my BP was reduced, that was 3years back when researchers claimed coffee is harmful for our health.

In my opinion there’s something in coffee that helped in my BP, i don’t know what that is, but i now drink 3-5cups/day. i try once in a while avoiding coffee for a day, and i feel the effect of my High BP again. I think coffee is a gift from the Gods. It cured by hypertension.

hope they do some research on patients with high BP also.

Coffee has stimulants in it that cause your nervous system to increase its activity. it also causes an increased heart rate and can have an effect on blood sugar levels.

It also stimulates the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline and glucagon.

what happens after regular ongoing coffee consumption is that people start to become resistant to their own adrenaline becuase the coffee tricks your body into releasing it. the body soon realises that it is not supposed to and the function of the adrenal glands starts to slow – thus reducing the release of essential hormones into the body. what also happens is that it can sometimes trick the body into going into a stress state (as this is usually when adrenaline gets released) and this will shift brain function away from the logical centres of the brain and can make the body send blood out of your internal organs and into the extremities for fight or flight (and in some cases cause heart palpitations). this happening over and over in a day gives an increase to wearing the body out as it is like driving your car in the very high revs for long periods of time – the engine will start to wear out…

All this research saying it may help prevent certain diseases, thats great but is it worth the risks of the bad stuff it also does? It reminds me of about 8 years ago a scientist stated in a journal that eating large amounts of pizza can lower your risk of cancer. thats great but you’ll end up with coronary artery disease and have a heart attack – great finding genius! (its actually the tomato in it that does the trick…)

Also, unless the coffee is organic you have a whole bunch of other health destroying chemicals going into your body…

BUT due to the fact that coffee is an addictive substance and is primarily consumed to suppress emotions (it changes the chemical balance in the body so we no longer feel the results of emotional chemicals – Basically people drink it cause they dont want to deal with their stuff). nothing i nor anyone else says will make a difference to the serious coffee drinker as you have to deal with the emotional aspects that they are trying to suppress before any change will happen…

and to miss coffeeishealth.org – you are clearly looking for excuses to think that coffee is doing you good so you dont have to give it up…

enjoy!

Taking a thing with a calculated quantity (depending on what your body needs to achieve: sports or mental exercices ? ,etc..) is good for your health!

For example,try to drink 10 liters of water and you will see how your urinary bladder react :)

Caffeine is absorbed quickly by the stomach and intestine. Once in the blood stream, caffeine has stimulant effects on the brain. Blood pressure, pulse rate, and stomach acid production are increased, fat stores are broken down, and fatty acids are released into the blood stream. These effects can last from a few hours to as long as 12, but within 4 days of regular use, the body develops tolerance to many of the effects of caffeine. For example, although caffeine increases blood pressure and pulse in a first time user, a regular user will not experience any significant change.

Consuming coffee in moderation is healthy.