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Posted by Kim on August 28th, 2005
Raven and I always knew there was a reason we gulp down coffee like our lives depended on it. We live on coffee- hot, cold, iced, dressed…it’s our favorite drink and we can never have enough.
WASHINGTON (AP) – When the Ink Spots sang “I love the java jive and it loves me” in 1940, they could not have known how right they were. Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday.
You learn this with nursing education, but no one ever talks about it. Caffeine may not be the best thing for you, but the antioxidants outweight the risks. Says me.
The findings by Joe A. Vinson, a chemistry professor at the University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania, give a healthy boost to the warming beverage.
“The point is, people are getting the most antioxidants from beverages, as opposed to what you might think,” Vinson said in a telephone interview.
Antioxidants, which are thought to help battle cancer and provide other health benefits, are abundant in grains, tomatoes and many other fruits and vegetables.
Vinson said he was researching tea and cocoa and other foods and decided to study coffee, too.
His team analyzed the antioxidant content of more than 100 different food items, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, spices, oils and common beverages. They then used Agriculture Department data on typical food consumption patterns to calculate how much antioxidant each food contributes to a person’s diet.
They concluded that the average adult consumes 1,299 milligrams of antioxidants daily from coffee. The closest competitor was tea at 294 milligrams. Rounding out the top five sources were bananas, 76 milligrams; dry beans, 72 milligrams; and corn, 48 milligrams. According to the Agriculture Department, the typical adult American drinks 1.64 cups of coffee daily.
Who the hell drinks 1.64 cups of coffee a day? What exactly is 1.64 cups? Don’t laugh-in most of these scientfic studies they measure out things with precision. (1.64 cups??? Why that amount?)
Read the rest of the article to see other reasons why coffee isn’t so bad.
August 28th, 2005 at 10:33 pm
I like Irish Coffee Best. Some times it is too weak and I need to put a pickme up and add some additional whiskey. Irish espresso is OK also, but the best is a good old cup a joe (double espresso added to a cup of hot black simple coffee). That was a requirement going through school.
August 28th, 2005 at 10:46 pm
Since 9/11, I’ve killed at least one coffee brewer each year. Too many corrosive minerals in the water supply here.
I gulp caffeine all day long–and I still sleep at night, unless the security jets roaring overhead keep me awake.
So far, the only ill effects are a rise in blood pressure, still within normal parameters–for the moment.
August 28th, 2005 at 10:48 pm
Ah, coffee. My #1 food group.
August 28th, 2005 at 10:50 pm
Here is an interesting link about caffeine consumption.
August 29th, 2005 at 6:10 am
1.64 cups is about the size of the average mug – which most people who like coffee use these days.
August 29th, 2005 at 8:27 am
I’ve always heard it was good for you black. It is the creamer and sugar that isn’t. I love my coffee!
August 29th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
Louisana coffee with their additions to it can’t be beat if you want to really wake up.
August 29th, 2005 at 6:35 pm
Don’t Worry Everyone, I Am Fine
at’s probably becuase I live in Michigan, far far away from Katrina, only I am currently waiting for Northwest Airlines to realize that we are at quite the distance from the eye of the storm, which
August 29th, 2005 at 6:36 pm
Okay, Everyone, I Am Fine
But that’s probably becuase I live in Michigan, far far away from Katrina, only I am currently waiting for Northwest Airlines to realize that we are at quite the distance from the eye of the storm, which they are apparently…
August 29th, 2005 at 8:45 pm
A big mug of healthy stuff
And you can stick that “green tea” up where the sun don’t shine…
Via “And Rightly So!”comes this article which supports the claims of health benefits from COFFEE.
Antioxidants, which are thought to help battle ca…
August 29th, 2005 at 9:20 pm
Damn Kim…I just realized you put up these posts. Sorry.
How about when we take half and half, pour some out into a container…one part half & half to 4 parts Kahlua…mmm good. And yeah, Irish is best…made with ice cold whiskey and fresh ground beans. No water. YumMAy.
October 31st, 2006 at 3:31 am
HAVANA (AP) — Photographs of Fidel Castro standing and talking on the phone were published Sunday in Cuba’s state-run media, a day after the ailing leader appeared in a video to dispel rumors he was on his deathbed.
The Communist Youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde dedicated its front page to the Cuban president, printing a blown-up picture of a pensive Castro with the title “Always fighting for something, and fighting with optimism!”