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Drinking more coffee might help reduce the kind of liver damage that’s associated with overindulging in food and alcohol, a review of existing studies suggests.
Researchers analyzed data from nine previously published studies with a total of more than 430,000 participants and found that drinking two additional cups of coffee a day was linked to a 44% lower risk of developing liver cirrhosis.
“Cirrhosis is potentially fatal and there is no cure as such,” said lead study author Dr. Oliver Kennedy of Southampton University in the U.K.
“Therefore, it is significant that the risk of developing cirrhosis may be reduced by consumption of coffee, a cheap, ubiquitous and well-tolerated beverage,” Kennedy added by email.
Cirrhosis kills more than one million people every year worldwide. It can be caused by hepatitis infections, excessive alcohol consumption, immune disorders, and fatty liver disease, which is tied to obesity and diabetes.
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Supposedly champagne 3 times a week helps fight Alzheimers.
I approve of this news. Next: Pizza creates 6-pack abs.
Nutritionists or whoever do these studies have their food biases. It took a long time to establish that coffee has no deleterious effects on your health. They kept looking and hoping to find something wrong. Ditto with mono sodium glutamate. They really hate it. Many nutritionists have wasted their entire lives trying to find the carcogenic properties in msg.........Just the reverse with garlic. They're convinced that garlic must have some beneficial qualities. They keep looking and looking, but, beyond the fact that it tastes good, there's nothing to recommend garlic.........In the morning, I have two squares of dark chocolate, fresh blueberries, and yogurt. It tastes good and is very healthy. That takes all the fun out of eating it.......They probably use a lot of pesticides on blueberries. My love of blueberries will probably kill me.
I do not believe food studies anymore. They are a waste of time.
I guess this makes Irish coffee the perfect beverage.
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