Drinking coffee may be good for you
Think Coffee is bad for you? Think again – that cup of Joe may keep you healthy!
Did your mom tell you Coffee would stunt your growth? Mine did. I’m 6′ 5″ now. Maybe I didn’t drink enough.
Generations of doctors and supposed health experts have been warning us of the evils of coffee. Coffee has been accused of slowing children’s growth, causing cancer, and other maladies.
But a plethora of new medical studies have proven the naysayers to be wrong. According to studies from prestigious medical journals like the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Coffee is not to blame for stunted growth, cancer, or any other significant medical issue, and has, in fact, been shown to help prevent many medical problems.
Several studies have shown:
Multiple Sclerosis, a nerve disorder that numbers more than 300,000 people in the United States alone, can possibly be prevented by an intake of caffeine, equivalent to six to eight cups of coffee drank each day.
* A lower risk of type 2 diabetes has been associated with daily coffee drinking.
* Coffee is associated with a decreased risk of Gallstone disease in men.
* Drinking more coffee has been associated with a significantly lower incidence of Parkinson’s Disease
* Subjects who gave up coffee entirely were found to die more quickly!
Is coffee bad for your health? Drinking a lot of coffee can be bad for you, but, drinking a lot of soda or fruit juice can be bad for you too. Coffee is acidic, and drinking too much can hurt your teeth. But, it’s slightly more acidic than water, and not as acidic as fruit juice or milk. People who are pregnant, or have some specific medical problems may be advised to abstain from coffee, but for most people, a reasonable amount of approximately 300 mg, about 6 cups of coffee, is perfectly fine.