Sun 13 May 2007 – 11.29
Not just for curing Diabetes, Coffee can now tackle other diseases, experts say. Of course half of all experts are full of, um, coffee.
There’s evidence, [he] noted, that the beverage may protect against certain types of colon cancer, as well as rectal and liver cancer, possibly by reducing the amount of cholesterol, bile acid and natural sterol secretion in the colon, speeding up the passage of stool through the colon (and thus cutting exposure of the lining of the intestine to potential carcinogens in food), and via other mechanisms as well.
posted by Scott in coffee, health & fitness.
Sat 12 May 2007 – 10.39
Well, not really, but it does have health benefits. Take that, skeptics.
An article from physorg.com reveals some geeky new sciency-med facts about coffee and how it might help stay off Type-2 Diabetes…
Coffee contains hundreds of components including substantial amounts of chlorogenic acid, caffeine, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B3, trigonelline, and lignans. Limited evidence suggests that coffee may improve glucose metabolism by reducing the rate of intestinal glucose absorption and by stimulating the secretion of the gut hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) that is beneficial for the secretion of insulin.
Want the full deal, read up. Then drink up.
posted by Scott in coffee, health & fitness.
Sun 01 Apr 2007 – 15.45
Caffeine Database, a free, online calculator to see how much caffeine you actually consume in a day. Now all they need is a little icon that shows your face in the style of Wolf 3D. Defilly worth a bookmark.
via Energy Fiend
posted by Scott in coffee.
Wed 31 Jan 2007 – 12.17
In our ongoing series on caffeine and how we are all friggin’ addicts, comes a new article from Scientific American regarding the benefits of taking small doses of caffeine rather than the super-jolt we get from a double-mocha-frappuccino first thing in the morning. Turns out that we do better with a 2-oz. shot every hour. Makes sense to me. Now if only they could put it in one of those pneumatic syringes from all the action movies.
I think the best thing about this article is not the actual scientific evidence from some study, etc. But rather that it comes from the journal Sleep. Irony aside, I would have never guessed that a publication would be called simply, Sleep. I wonder what the editorial content is like - must have to be pretty original to keep the audience, um, awake. Can’t speak for everyone, but when I come home at the end of the day, the last thing I would ever feel like reading is a mag about sleep. Oh whatever.
posted by Scott in coffee, health & fitness.
Thu 19 Oct 2006 – 7.49
So in line with the last article I posted about how young people are addicted to caffeine, here is an interesting web applet that calculates just how much caffeine will kill you, based on your ‘method’ of conusmption. (eg, Coke, Starbucks Latte, Red Bull.)
For the record, it will take 126.5 Grande Vanilla Lattes to kill me. I assume that means back-to-back, not cummulatively. Otherwise, I’ve got a nasty surprise waiting for me at some non-specific future moment.
Actually, the site is called “Energy Fiend” and is essentially a blog about caffeine drinks. There is officially a blog about everything. Maybe on your next late-nut buzz, you’ll give it a read.
posted by Scott in coffee, health & fitness.
Young People Addicted to Caffeine
Tue 17 Oct 2006 – 7.52
Big news, right? Not to anyone who’s ever been to a university as of late. Or for that matter, a major city, where there is approximately one Starbucks for every cockroach and stray cat.
Reuters has the story about a study regard caffeine “use”. Worth a read, perhaps. There was a good article in National Geographic about how Caffeine affects the brain. Read the excerpt, and ask your grandfather if he has the back issue.
Ok, I’m gonna go grab a coffee.
posted by Scott in coffee, health & fitness.