Power of coffee (Blindside, -Josh- etc read this!)

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060613/NEWS07/606130310/1009


Coffee found to shield liver

Study shows alcohol damage reduced
June 13, 2006


BY CARLA K. JOHNSON




Coffee may counteract alcohol's poisonous effects on the liver and help prevent cirrhosis, researchers say.
In a study of more than 125,000 people, one cup of coffee a day cut the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis by 20%. Four cups a day reduced the risk by 80%. The coffee effect held true for women and men of various ethnic backgrounds.
It's unclear whether it is the caffeine or some other ingredient in coffee that provides the protection, said study coauthor Dr. Arthur Klatsky of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif.
The participants ranged from people who consume no alcohol, who made up 12% of the total, to heavy drinkers, who made up 8%. The researchers calculated the risk-reduction rate for the whole group, not just the drinkers.
The data came from members of a northern California health plan. Their coffee consumption was noted only at the beginning of the study, which the researchers admitted was a limitation. They were followed for an average of 14 years.
Not all heavy drinkers develop cirrhosis, an irreversible scarring of the liver that hurts the organ's ability to filter toxins from the blood. Klatsky said the findings may help explain why some people's livers survive heavy alcohol use.
Hepatitis C and some inherited diseases can also cause cirrhosis. But the study found coffee did not protect the liver against those other causes of scarring.
The same study found that coffee drinkers had healthier results on blood tests used to measure liver function, whether or not they were heavy alcohol users. Coffee's effect on reducing liver enzymes in the blood was more apparent among the heavy drinkers in the study.
Cirrhosis from all causes kills more than 27,000 Americans a year and sends nearly 400,000 to hospitals.
The findings, published in Monday's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, build on reports that coffee also may reduce the risk of liver cancer.
The researchers found no reduced risk of cirrhosis for tea drinkers.
Tea has less caffeine than coffee and there were fewer heavy tea drinkers in the study, Klatsky said, so if caffeine is the protective ingredient, an effect may not have shown up for tea in the study.
Klatsky added that coffee isn't the best way to avoid cirrhosis.
"The way to avoid getting ill is not to drink a lot of coffee, but to cut down on the drinking" of alcohol, he said.

Umm, just ignore that last line. ;)
So...lets get wired. :cheers:

Stop the Hate dave.

i don't drink alcohol or coffee, doubt i ever will (again, in the case of alcohol.) intersting though. must be good for my maths teacher, when he's not drinking coffee he's drinking vodka. they should've taught us that equilibrium in chemistry.

:D Sweet.

I'll be damned, looks like i'm gonna have to learn to like coffee, or keep drinking this code red and hope it works the same. Best article ever... :sunglasse

here's a few sites i found to go along with it

http://coffeescience.org/gihealth

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120400950.html (if you're from the south, go drink tea!)

http://ezinearticles.com/?Coffee-Enema:-Rejuvenate-Your-Liver&id=87144 (it is caffeine, it's just coffee normally has a higher dose, so josh can stick with code red.)

i love coffee.....

YES

There is a GOD. :lol: So to all those whiny little witches that kept telling me "you drink too much coffee, you are too wired up, you are going to kill yourself with so much coffee" I say Bite me.

Speaking of which I heard on the news also that there is something in beer that helps in preventing something as well as the combination of ingredients in pizza. So I think we have it made, coffee, beer and pizza. Perfect.

Just like those commercials of late of all those guys screaming and hollowing over the hamburger.. "I am Man, I am invincible." :lol:

TS out (getting beer, coffee and pizza)

So if I chug three extra cups of joe a day at work, am I good to completely drink myself stupid(er) on the weekend???

Side note: Why aint there a drunken smiley?:frown:

Side note: Why aint there a drunken smiley?:frown:

There is....it's really drunken:

:puke:

There is....it's really drunken:

:puke:

:eek:
Take that guy to Starbucks asap!

why is there always good news about everyone else's addictions but my own (sugar and caffiene)

why is there always good news about everyone else's addictions but my own (sugar and caffiene)

Hah, just switch to coffee and put your sugar in there.

"The way to avoid getting ill is not to drink a lot of coffee, but to cut down on the drinking" of alcohol, he said.

:cheers:
Get the best of both worlds and drink more Kahlua (or other coffee liquer.) :lol:

why is there always good news about everyone else's addictions but my own (sugar and caffiene)

Read the article again :p

Is it bad that my girlfriend thought to email me first when she saw this article???

Is it bad that my girlfriend thought to email me first when she saw this article???

yes, it's a sneaky way of suggesting that she thinks you're and alcoholic. sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

:lol:

So is it safe to say Irish Coffee is the most perfect drink ever??

Yep.

I would agree to that. I should start having that at work. :lol:

TS

I like baileys in my coffee too. mmmmm

I drink a couple a day. Sometimes a few cups of Espresso, maybe that increases the protection?:icon16: