As I write this, I'm sitting in Panera Bread, sipping on some coffee that has a name so fancy it's supposed to impress people enough to make them buy it (color me impressed, I guess). While I'm not really much of a coffee drinker, there's plenty of research out there to suggest that maybe it's something I should consider becoming.
In one of the more recent studies -- published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition -- it was discovered that consuming 2 to 3 daily cups of caffeinated drinks, including coffee, can reduce your risk of dying from heart disease by 31%. And, as if that weren't enough of a benefit, coffee may also lower your risk of developing colon cancer, so says a different study that was published in the International Journal of Cancer.
Maybe I should order myself another one of these. Now if I could only pronounce the name, I'd be all set.
1. For people who like to drink coffee it can be life-saving to do it in a quiet place.
According to a research, thousands of people around the world are dying prematurely from heart disease caused by long-term exposure to excessive noise. Here is the story:
http://www.hearttalks.com/heart-disease/
Posted at 2:16AM on Aug 23rd 2007 by Marco