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It drops my jaw that anyone drinks that regularly.
by have_faith 6y ago
It drops my jaw that anyone drinks that regularly.
- arcticbull 6y agoWell, this massive million drinker meta-analysis of coffee consumption (high levels, 5 cups a day) shows it significantly improves cardiovascular health. [1] > A nonlinear association between coffee consumption and CVD risk was observed in this meta-analysis. Moderate coffee consumption was inversely significantly associated with CVD risk, with the lowest CVD risk at 3 to 5 cups per day, and heavy coffee consumption was not associated with elevated CVD risk. [1] https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.113.005925 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha....
- nwienert 6y agoWhat does it do to every other disease? Doesn't say much if it looks at a single factor outcome.
- toxik 6y agoSuffice to say, if there were meaningful risks from drinking normal amounts of coffee, it would be known by now. Its main drawback is that it makes people nervous and jittery if taken in excess.
- ThrowawayP 6y agoOne of the other major ones is that it can aggravate stomach problems like gastritis since both coffee (even decaf) and caffeine are said to stimulate stomach acid production.
- nwienert 6y agoSleep problems as well and migraines.
- arcticbull 6y agoI believe caffeine is both a treatment for, and a cause of headaches. [1] Excedrin for instance is a migraine treatment which includes Tylenol and caffeine. [1] https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/caffeine-and-migraine/ https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/caff...
- nwienert 6y agoReason it’s a treatment is helping absorption typically, but also, a lot of people’s headaches are from withdrawal so it helps in the way drinking a beer helps a hangover.
- jorvi 6y agoThere is also a breadth of studies that show consumption is bad - I wouldn't cheer just yet.
- arcticbull 6y agoI'm fairly confident none of them were million-person multi-year meta-analysis, although I'm always happy to be proven wrong. Do you have any broad, high-confidence studies you have in mind?