Drink coffee, live longer

[alaskaguy]

There may be a modest benefit to drinking coffee.

Coffee buzz: Java drinkers live longer, big study finds; regular and decaf are equally good - The Washington Post

 

[CyBer]

Tea FTW, I can't stand the taste of coffee.

 

[cy1010]

In that case I'll be living to about 241 years of age!

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

There may be a modest benefit to drinking coffee.

Coffee buzz: Java drinkers live longer, big study finds; regular and decaf are equally good - The Washington Post

I heard this, this morning. Guess I'm going to die young because I can't stand that garbage.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Then again, it might not. These studies are a joke, and seem to advise something different every time.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Drink coffee, live longer. Sounds like a plan.

 

[Storkenheimer]

The alcohol will shorten my life, coffee will prolong it. Sounds like a wash to me.

 

[CyBer]

I hear wine does the same thing, time to get wasted everyday.

 

[Maplewurst]

toke a bong...... live long.....

 

[madcityCY]

I hear wine does the same thing, time to get wasted everyday.

Coffee in the morning, vino in the evening. I'm gonna last forever!

 

[Cyclonepride]

When I was a youngster, they said hard liquor, loose women and smokes would prolong your life, I'm not saying they were right, but I'm still here.

 

[DistrictCyclone]

Then again, it might not. These studies are a joke, and seem to advise something different every time.

They really are a joke, and about the only reason they get published in journals is as a way for the institutions that fund them (AARP, NCI, etc.) to save face for wasting loads of money on a virtually useless study.

All this study demonstrates is that there is a positive relationship between the amount of coffee one drinks and how long they live. Big deal. It doesn't do anything to explore causal linkages (which they admit); it could be that coffee increases longevity, but it could just be that people who live longer tend to drink more coffee. There are probably millions of factors positively correlated with a long life, but that doesn't mean they are contributors to one.

 

[CyBer]

They really are a joke, and about the only reason they get published in journals is as a way for the institutions that fund them (AARP, NCI, etc.) to save face for wasting loads of money on a virtually useless study.

All this study demonstrates is that there is a positive relationship between the amount of coffee one drinks and how long they live. Big deal. It doesn't do anything to explore causal linkages (which they admit); it could be that coffee increases longevity, but it could just be that people who live longer tend to drink more coffee. There are probably millions of factors positively correlated with a long life, but that doesn't mean they are contributors to one.

Maybe there is something in coffee known to help fight certain diseases?

 

[DistrictCyclone]

Maybe there is something in coffee known to help fight certain diseases?

There very well could be...but this study doesn't even come close to answering that question. The relationship between coffee consumption and longevity could also be spurious; i.e., both are influenced by some 3rd "lurking" variable, like wealth (richer people tend to live longer and plausibly drink more coffee than poor people).

 

[cayin]

coffee is a double edged sword. If you have a stressful job, the last thing you want to put into your system is a stimulant to raise your already high cortisol and make your already overworked adrenal glands work even harder. Not good. It also effects your hormonal profile and activates one part of your immune system while suppressing that other part creating an imbalance. So while coffee has good aspects it has negative stuff too. Like everything, moderation is the key.

 

[Psiclone]

coffee is a double edged sword. If you have a stressful job, the last thing you want to put into your system is a stimulant to raise your already high cortisol and make your already overworked adrenal glands work even harder. Not good. It also effects your hormonal profile and activates one part of your immune system while suppressing that other part creating an imbalance. So while coffee has good aspects it has negative stuff too. Like everything, moderation is the key.

Everything in moderation, including moderation. Oscar Wilde.

 

[State43]

Since the kids came, I cant function without it.

 

[Hawkeye11en1]

I heard this, this morning. Guess I'm going to die young because I can't stand that garbage.

And my respect level for you was so high. Don't do this to me, rulzzz, not you. Not you.

 

[BigLame]

It's better to burn out...THEN FADE AWAY!!!!!

In all seriousness, I frickn love coffee. Kind of like Ron Burgundy loves scotch

 

[Hawkeye11en1]

Since the kids came, I cant function without it.

I'm not sure how I'm supposed to read this.