The Coffee Experience: More Than Mere Molecules
Let’s just start with what we know. People love love love their coffee — Americans drink an average of 400 Million cups per day. But why is that? Explanations range from the fact that people are going for the caffeine jolt, to the possibility that we’re all addicted to...
Do Coffee Calories Count?
The comparison between coffee and the caloric explosion of coffee drinks....
What is the best drink for hydration? HINT: It isn’t water.
Normally, you assume that plain water would be your best go-to for staying hydrated. That’s why this research on hydration is so important, because it actually tests that idea we all thought was true. Researchers from St. Andrews University in Scotland found that water earns about a B+ for...
Coffee Is Super Healthy, Unless You Mess It Up In One of These Three Ways
From a health perspective, coffee has turned a corner and is increasingly recognized as a healthful drink. In addition to being an antioxidant, it’s also linked to a decreased risk for Parkinson’s disease, protecting against type 2 diabetes, improving heart health, and lowering rates of depression in women. Despite...
Coffee Controls Common Cancer (brought to you by the Letter ‘C’)
We were told, once, that coffee was AWFUL for you. It caused cancer, and all kinds of nasty things. But now we learn that this friendly morning drink is actually quite good for you and can help prevent a number of cancers from ever occurring!! If this is all too...
More Good News For Coffee
Coffee has had an amazing comeback over the past few decades. We used to think it was terrible for you, caused cancer, and generally caused bodily havoc. Well, no more. It is a raging health food. This Reuters article, below, suggests that coffee doesn’t contribute to high blood pressure...
CNN Money: Starbucks to roll out 31-ounce drink: the Trenta
(CNNMoney) — Starbucks will offer a new plus-sized iced drink beginning this week. The “Trenta” will be 31 ounces — one ounce shy of a quart — and available for iced coffee, Tazo shaken iced tea and iced tea lemonade. Starbucks is rolling out the Trenta in 14 states...
Aspirin versus Coffee? The bowels of a gut reaction
Coffee consumption reduces colon cancer, and it doesn’t matter if its caffeinated or not (… if you’re anal retentive about your colon cancer, check out the study cited below). But, a new study is touting high doses of aspirin as a way to accomplish the very same thing. So. Aspirin...
I don’t buy it. “Caffeine addicts get no perk”
British scientists report that caffeine consumers actually “get no perk” from their morning joe. I don’t buy it. It is true, as they say, that we develop a tolerance to caffeine over time. But they’re saying that “Although frequent consumers feel alerted by caffeine, evidence suggests that this is...
Starbucks Serving Beer?
The starbucks company is going to start serving beer and wine. What will that mean for states like PA, that requires you to go to a separate beer store — where you can only buy beer if you buy it by the case, and a separate wine store??...