Coffee and Caffeine:
Articles on Coffee and Caffeine, Gourmet Coffee. The section displays research that discusses benefits of coffee as well as its adverse effects.
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A recent study looking at estrogen levels and caffeine consumption shows that it’s not only what caffeinated beverage you drink, but also your race in conjunction with the beverage that has an effect on your estrogen levels. Read on and discover the relationship between caffeine, estrogen and race.
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A recent seven-year study shows that recreational use of energy drinks can cause caffeine toxicity in teens that can manifest with serious symptoms of cardiac and neurological toxicity. Read on to discover just how much caffeine is in an energy drink that may or may not be accurately reflected by the ingredient labeling on the energy drink’s container.
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Ever wonder why experts say coffee can reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes? They have wondered as well, and now a team has come up with an answer.
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Coffee is found in an analysis of women enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study to lower the risk of endometrial cancer by as much as 25 percent for women who drink four or more cups a day. Even more than two cups of decaffeinated coffee a day was associated with a 22 percent lower chance of the disease.
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Drinking coffee was once thought to be something to be avoided, but has recently proven to have many health benefits including reducing cardiovascular and diabetes risk – and now a decreased risk in the most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.
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Researchers from University of Vermont College of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University conducted a study to see if there might be a correlation between caffeine and risk of cocaine and amphetamine abuse. In their study, the scientists found people who chose coffee over placebo also reported enjoying high doses of d-amphetamine.
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You can get your coffee with or without caffeine, and someday soon you may also have an opportunity to buy your sunscreen with the same options. A new study from Rutgers University reports that caffeine appears to protect against certain skin cancers by inhibiting an enzyme called ATR, which could make the kick in your coffee a candidate for sunscreen.
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Stressful situations are known to contribute to and trigger psychotic states which can include hallucinations. Hallucinations, defined as a sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli, can occur in any of the five senses, including hearing or auditory hallucinations. A recent study from Australia has found that high levels of caffeine consumption can further contribute to hearing things that aren’t really there.
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Following a healthy diet is one healthy lifestyle habit that can help control blood pressure. One common impression is that patients must abstain from coffee or switch to decaffeinated, but a meta-analysis of several studies conducted by researchers at Michigan State University finds that habitual coffee drinkers may not have to give up that cup of joe after all.
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The US Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters on Wednesday to four manufacturers of high-energy alcoholic beverages saying that the caffeine that is added is an “unsafe food additive”. The companies, one of which is Four Loko maker Phusion Projects, have 15 days to either defend their products as safe or take them off the market.
