For most adults, it’s perfectly safe to consume 300mg (around three cups of coffee) a day. As a matter of fact, caffeine actually has some positive health benefits. Coffee drinkers have a lower risk of diabetes, and coffee may even lower your risk of heart disease. Caffeine can increase alertness, wakefulness, prevent memory loss, and … Read More
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In a very large study with over 449,500 participants, researchers found that drinking 2 to 3 cups of coffee a day is linked with a longer lifespan and a lower risk for heart disease. It did not appear to matter if the people in the study drank ground, instant or decaffeinated coffee. Only in the … Read More
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A number of cities, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Boulder have put a tax on sugary drinks. Is this lowering the number of drinks that people buy? In many cases no, because taxes are invisible when a drink is taken off the shelf. The tax is added at purchase. If sugary drinks are part of … Read More
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There are a number of health benefits that can be gained by drinking coffee, not the least of which is your morning pick-me-up. Researchers from Australia (High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke. – Abstract – Europe PMC) looked at the effects of coffee on the brain of over 17,700 adults, … Read More
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Researchers from Japan tracked close to 5,000 people, with type 2 diabetes, for 5 years. Their results showed that drinking 4 cups of green day and 2 cups of coffee each day lowered the risk of death by 63%. Those who drank less still reduced their odds of a premature death, though to a lesser … Read More
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We know that excessive alcohol use is damaging to the brain, but now experts in Great Britain and Australia have pinpointed three periods in life when alcohol is most damaging – from conception to birth, in later adolescence (15 to 19 years old), and in older adulthood (over 65 years old). Globally, around 10% of … Read More
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Some cities and counties have imposed a beverage tax on sweetened drinks and many restaurants and restaurant chains have started to offer healthy drinks on the kid’s menu. These public health strategies are working. For those who drink the most sweetened beverages, equal to about three and a half cans of soda a day, the … Read More
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Hard lemonade, hard seltzer, beer and lemonade mixes, wine plus fruit drinks, frozen cocktails, and vodka soda are all examples of coolers, sugar sweetened alcoholic drinks. For adolescents and college-aged young adults these sweetened alcoholic drinks mask the stronger taste of alcohol and promote alcohol consumption. Researchers from the University of Guelph feel these sweetened … Read More
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There are those that can guzzle a double shot of espresso and fall asleep within the hour. For others, a single cup of regular coffee might keep them awake for half the night. Depending on your body chemistry, usual coffee habits, or even your genes, you may be a fast metabolizer of caffeine or a … Read More
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