Interesting article and I do enjoy my one cup of coffee (with Splenda™, brown sugar and milk) per weekday but . . .according to the article: “Drinking coffee i

Interesting article and I do enjoy my one cup of coffee (with Splenda™, brown sugar and milk) per weekday but . . .according to the article: “Drinking coffee is associated with a drastically reduced risk of type II diabetes” and “Coffee is associated with a much lower risk of dementia and the neurodegenerative disorders Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.” and “Coffee consumption has been associated with a lower risk of death in prospective epidemiological studies, especially in type II diabetics.” Being “associated with” is pretty meaningless; it’s not the same as being statistically correlated with. The article also states “In fact, coffee is the biggest source of antioxidants in the western diet, outranking both fruits and vegetables combined”. I view that more as an indictment against the western diet, not an endorsement of coffee as a source of antioxidants.