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>There’s also the possibility that coffee drinkers tend to make healthier choices in general. They might opt for a cold brew or a cup of drip coffee instead of
by goda90 4y ago
>There’s also the possibility that coffee drinkers tend to make healthier choices in general. They might opt for a cold brew or a cup of drip coffee instead of a less healthy source of caffeine, like an energy drink or soda, Dr. Goldberg added. “If you’re pounding Mountain Dew or Coca-Cola or Red Bull or all these other drinks, they have tons more sugar, all the artificial stuff — versus coffee, which is a generally unprocessed food.”
It sounds like we need a study comparing people who rarely drink anything but water vs coffee drinking vs energy drink/soda drinking.
- swozey 4y agoAlso I'm a no-coffee but energy drink (Bang usually) drinker and my energy drinks have either 0-3 grams of sugar... I drink water all day long, no sodas, etc. I'm sure 280 grams of caffeine can't be that great for me, of course.
- antihero 4y agoBetter than 280 grams of cocaine though.
- ISL 4y ago280 grams would be very bad. 280 mg, substantially better :).
- swozey 4y agoHaha, I thought grams sounded weird as I was typing it. Thanks!
- gigaflop 4y ago~300mg all at once is a recipe for a bad time, for me. I'd rather drink 2 Monsters (0-cal, 140mg caff each) than 1 Bang, and space them out further. But I'll have a C4 once in a blue moon, if I plan to hit the gym very soon after.
- NoPicklez 4y agoSame with me, coffee drinker but also think sugar free energy drinks such as Red Bull and Bang.
- mikkergp 4y agoIt sounds like they didn't cover lifestyle factors, but I'm wondering if you even could. Over 7 years, does 170,000 participants means people lying or not remembering things properly cancel each other out? or would the data be too muddied to tell.
- CydeWeys 4y agoI'm a habitual coffee drinker and I can tell you with a high degree of certainty that I almost never drink non-diet soda, and haven't for at least 7 years. It's pretty hard to just forget behaviors that are habitual for you.
- mikkergp 4y agoWhile true for habits, I eat cake like maybe 3 times a month four months out of the year? I never drink soda, but I couldn’t tell you what my consistent sugar/fat/cholesterol intake is, it varies with the seasons/stress, etc. is it better than average? Worse than average? I dunno. Same with exercise.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoThey do? Most coffee drinkers that I know load up on cream and sugar.