Bob La Quey wrote:
On Jan 7, 2008 8:23 AM, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Bob La Quey wrote:
But having six cups or more each day slashed men's risk by 54% and
women's by 30% over java avoiders."
Well, at 54%, it might be time for my imbibing to increase heavily
(currently at about a cup a month, *maybe*).
54% of what? What was the risk originally in the first place? Never make
a health decision based on percentages alone. That goes for all
statistics including all of the ones Bob posted. Not saying coffee is
or isn't healthful, just commenting on the loose use of such statistics.
For the record, from the Harvard study
"During the span of the study, 1,333 new cases of type 2 diabetes were
diagnosed in men and 4,085 among the women participants. The
researchers also found that for men, those who drank more than six
cups of caffeinated coffee per day reduced their risk for type 2
diabetes by more than 50 percent compared to men in the study who
didn't drink coffee. Among the women, those who drank six or more cups
per day reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by nearly 30 percent.
These effects were not accounted for by lifestyle factors such as
smoking, exercise, or obesity. Decaffeinated coffee was also
beneficial, but its effects were weaker than regular coffee."
Note, "compared to men in the study who didn't drink coffee."
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/archives/2004-releases/press01052004.html
BobLQ
One thing they didn't spell out, and I wonder about, is if the food
choices made by the heavy drinkers of coffee were affected by their
heavy drinking of coffee. Fruit is appealing unless you just ate some
chocolate. I wonder if the high levels of caffeine (or other substance
from the coffee) affected their food choices.
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