I’ve never been a coffee drinker — it always seemed like an addiction to me, and I don’t want become one of those people who can’t function in the morning without it. I’d like to see the numbers on this study to determine whether or not it would be worth taking up the habit, given that I chose very bad parents when it comes to heart problems (though my general lifestyle is much different than theirs as well, since I’ve never smoked, and have a much better diet).
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“…it always seemed like an addiction to me…”
Nonsense. I’ve consumed at least eight cups of coffee a day every day for the past 42 years, and I can quit any time I want to.
I would take the study with a grain of salt. If it’s the caffeine intake, then Coca-Cola and tea would show similar benefits. If it’s not the caffeine then you could drink decaf and get the same results. But it might also be that two cups of coffee a day substituted for two or three sugary colas that the participants didn’t drink.
Six years of rotating shift work will make a caffine addict out of anyone. It certainly did to me. Living in perpetual jet lag will do that to you. I’ve managed to cut back considerably but still need my caffine in the morning. When I do without it, I get a headache and feel like crap. If that isn’t signs of addiction, I don’t know what is.
during 20 years on active duty coffee was omnipresent. These days I eschew cream and sugar and I down a number of cups per day roughly equal to the number of pots I’d hammer down back in the day. In other words I’ve dialed it way back.
2 – 12 oz. cups every morning. Hell I used to roast my own coffee beans with hot air popcorn popper. Ethiopian or Costa Rican are my favs. I believe coffee has also been found to help prevent diabetes.