Thursday, April 29, 2010

Some Health Facts on Coffee from CNN

CNN.com has a comprehensive article asking the question "Coffee: Is it healthier than you think?".

Some tidbits from the article
  • More than 54% of US adults are habitual coffee drinkers
  • Coffee drinkers may be at lower risk of liver and colon cancer, type 2 diabetes, and Parkinson's disease
  • Coffee-drinking men seemed to have a lower risk of advanced or lethal prostate cancer than other men
  • Middle-aged people who drank moderate amounts of coffee -- three to five cups a day -- had the lowest risk for dementia and Alzheimer's disease later in life compared to less (or more) frequent drinkers
Check out the article for more on your health and where coffee fits in.

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