Scientists Have Found Yet Another Reason Coffee Is Good For You

[xchrom]

http://www.businessinsider.com/another-reason-coffee-is-good-for-you-2014-10



Drinking decaffeinated coffee is just as helpful as drinking regular coffee is for maintaining a healthy liver, a new study finds.

Regardless of whether they drank decaf or regular, people in the study who drank large quantities of coffee on a daily basis had lower levels of abnormal liver enzymes, the researchers found. This suggests that a chemical in coffee other than caffeine may help the liver, the researchers said.

Other studies have found that drinking coffee is associated with lower risks of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer. [10 Things You Need to Know About Coffee]

"Prior research found that drinking coffee may have a possible protective effect on the liver," lead researcher Dr. Qian Xiao, of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, said in a statement. "However, the evidence is not clear if that benefit may extend to decaffeinated coffee."



Read more: http://www.livescience.com/48228-coffee-good-for-liver.html#ixzz3FpZnTCrF

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Black and hot. Brewing now!

Excellent news.
Thanks for your post, xchrom.


~ Lmsp 🙌

[theHandpuppet]

6. Ooooh, that's the way I like it!

It's whatever that young lady is putting in her coffee that's probably bad for her health. Can she even find the coffee beneath all that crap?

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Agreed. nt

[hlthe2b]

7. Black and hot... or the occasional latte, but never with sweetener...

I LOOOOVE my coffee!

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Me too. nt

[pinboy3niner]

2. That calls for a coffee toast!

[hlthe2b]

8. Now, he might need to switch to decaf!

That's surely how I look when I've had a bit too much.

[pinboy3niner]

10. He may need to admit that he has a problem...

[etherealtruth]

3. Always nice to be told my addiction is good for me

[Scuba]

5. +1

[blue neen]

4. I'll have what she's having.

That cup of java looks wonderful!

[PuraVidaDreamin]

9. With a teaspoon of honey

And a dollop of milk!

[Bigredhunk]

11. Now

Can someone recommend a high quality coffee maker? So many of them are crap.

[taught_me_patience]

13. Bonavita BV1800

pricey at 150, but will make superb coffee. It has good thermal control and pulse brewing.

[djean111]

12. Uh oh....if scientists keep finding out good healthy things about coffee - it might be put on

the controlled substances list along with pot. After all, lots of people find it addicting and it may be helping our health without Pharma dipping its beak.

There is a request for info on a good coffee maker - I second that, plus it seems to me that the pod-type makers are kind of expensive to buy and that the coffee gets kind of expensive by the cup. I can't be paying fifty cents a cup for coffee at home, for instance. Is there a big difference between pots and pods, or is it just that it is more convenient?

[littlemissmartypants]

19. Shhhh. I am trying to fly under the radar here.

Said the jamoca latte grande.

The beans! Hide the beans!

Where's can we hide the grounds?
Quick!
Eat them before they catch us!!!

[marmar]

14. :)

I'm having an extra cup as I read this. ......... k/r

[malaise]

16. Our livers just smiled and we don't drink decaffeinated

[Ron Obvious]

17. Bastards

Why don't they put some more effort into finding reasons why MY vices are good for me?

Signed,

A non coffee-drinking eccentric in Seattle.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. ..