June 17th, 2008 10:26 AM Eastern
A Little “Joe” May Help the Fight Against Heart Disease Death
by Melissa Browne
Esther Lopez-Garcia, assistant professor of preventive medicine at Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain, and colleagues analyzed data from 84,214 and 41,736 men. Coffee consumption was assessed first in 1980 for women and in 1986 for men and then followed up every two to four years through 2004.
Study participants completed questionnaires on how frequently they drank coffee, and were asked about other dietary habits, smoking, and health conditions. The researchers then compared the frequency of death from any cause, death due to heart disease, and death due to cancer among people with different coffee-drinking habits.
Tags: coffee, coffee drinkers, heart disease
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In the very study you’re linking to, it says, “Conclusion: Regular coffee consumption was not associated with an increased mortality rate in either men or women. The possibility of a modest benefit of coffee consumption on all-cause and CVD mortality needs to be further investigated.”
However, women’s caffeine intake diminish calcium absorption/retention in women. Which the article should have mentioned.
I’m a coffee junkie, so I was really excited and happy when this story showed up on my Google News page.
But then I saw the source: FOX News. So I guess it’s not true.
What about chocolate, doctor?
There may be a slight benefit with light coffee drinking… at least that is what coffee drinking scientists everywhere are trying to prove!!!
Thats ok though, but if you are looking to have more vibrant active health, try some tea. My favorites from BulkHerbStore.com are Dr. Cinnamon, Rise and Shine, Sleep Tight, Very Berry, and Stress Buster Tea. Whether you want a kick start in the morning, mental clarity, energy, mood enhancer, whatever, spend a minute for yourself and check out some tea, you deserve it.
Another study paid for by big coffee makers of the world. Pure marketing hype!
It would be necessary to know who provide the finanical supports for this research as well as to know what is the results of research. That will provide a true feeling of what the results really mean. I heard sometime ago that wasabe source for Shasimi is good to prevent heart disease, and later found that research was funded by a wasabe manufacturer group. I agreed with the comment by Sharingan.
I notice Esther Lopez-Garcia is not a medical doctor. She has a doctorate in philosophy. This “study” is based on completed questionaires. The report states, “Coffee consumption was estimated from self-report; thus, some measurement error is inevitable.” Does modern journalism report everything without checking it out? Cigarette companys used to set up shell companies to do studies to claim smoking was not harmful. This study, at least the one I read on the link, does not appear to be a very lengthy study. Have other professionals in the field been asked about the validity of the study? It does the public a great disservice to just repeat what others say without checking out the facts.
This study was pretty interesting but the other things that can happen are stress, depression, anxiety, and miscarriages. Ok so i would rather die of heart probelms at 70 then be stressed, depressed, or have a miscarriage before i am 30. I drink coffee every now (winter) butnot on an everyday bases or even weekly. I drink hot coco in its place. But everyone is different and everyone has there own addiction.