Good day folks, in this issue of "Weekend Reading" we point you to a podcast over at ABC Radio on the many health benefits of drinking coffee, hosted by Dr. Kruszelnicki.
Topics covered in the two part program include the effect of caffeine on; liver cancer, type II diabetes, prostate cancer, oral cancer, and heart disease.
But what about the side effects of drinking coffee, good or bad?
There is a body of evidence that some of the side effects of coffee may actually be good for you, and they appear to have nothing to do with caffeine. But Dr Karl Kruszelnicki's grind is the observational studies that make up the 'statistics' behind the health benefits.
Listen to the podcast or read the transcript;
Part One - Listen here
July 12 2016
Yes, it is a drug, and so we should remember the words of Paracelsus, 'all drugs are poisons, what matters is the dose.' Based on the fact that coffee has been used widely for over a millennium, we would expect its bad side-effects would be fairly minimal—so long as we don't take too much.
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Part Two - Listen here
July 19,2016
Coffee can play a role in reducing risks of cancer and diabetes
It seems that beside caffeine, there are other natural chemicals in coffee that can help with medical conditions. With regard to liver cancer, two chemicals, kahweol and cafestrol, have direct cancer protection and anti-inflammatory properties. They seem to 'upregulate biochemical pathways in the liver that protect the body from toxins, including aflatoxin and other carcinogenic compounds'.
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