Confirming the obvious - coffee is good for you

I knew it! Daniel recently sent me this article that confirms what I knew all along – coffee – with caffeine – is healthy, good for you, and should be a regular part of your diet. All these hippie punks talking smack about this important beverage should silence themselves. Check out these cool facts:

To name just a few [health benefits that come from drinking coffee]: Some Arizona researchers recently discovered that caffeinated coffee helps improve memory in older adults. A new study from the United Kingdom suggests that small amounts of coffee consumed throughout the day can increase alertness and improve performance on all kinds of tasks, including those that require hand-to-eye coordination and attention to detail. Preliminary studies suggest regular coffee drinking may lower risk of type 2 diabetes. A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that people who drink a daily four to six cups have a 28 percent lower risk of developing this illness–which is fast becoming an epidemic in this country–than folks who drink less than two cups each day. Researchers arrived at those numbers by pooling the results of nine different studies from the United States and around the world. Speculation is that caffeine deserves the credit, though it could be an antioxidant phenolic compound called chlorogenic acid.

November 18th, 2007 Coffee