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Caf-Fiend?
By Thea Swafford

The January issue of the Journal of Nutrition published a study showing that the consumption of full-strength, caffeinated coffee was linked to a 40% reduction in the risk of breast cancer among pre-menopausal women when compared to decaffeinated coffee, which showed no measurable decrease in risk.

A recent Reuters Online article, stated that of the two types of coffee (caffeinated and decaffeinated), the regular, full-strength coffee is associated with lower levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol than the decaffeinated version. 

This is good news for folks who've been going under the misconception  that decaf is better for your heart. And without all the other benefits of caffeine consumption such as less stress, a sharper mental acuity, and greater alertness.  

Looks like it isn't just large amount of antioxidants in coffee that reduces your cancer risk, but caffeine in-and-of-itself clearly helps reduce cancer too.

Not only that but now there are reports that coffee reduces risk of Parkinson's, colon and liver cancers, diabetes, just to name a few. 

Next to raw milk, it seems that coffee is the best thing you can drink in large quantities every day for better health. As much as 6 cups a day for most adults is all good.

  Ladies, perhaps coffee isn't your cup of tea.

Although dozens of studies have catalogued tea's health benefits, this extensive Swedish study conducted by scientists from Sweden's National Institute of Environmental Medicine is one of only a handful of studies that have examined the relationship between tea consumption and ovarian cancer, according to the researchers.

According to this past December 26th's issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, found that women who drank at least 2 glasses of green OR black tea every day slashed their risk of ovarian cancer by 46%!

Those who drank only one cup per day still managed a 24% reduction in risk.

The research, which followed a group of more than 61,000 women aged 40 to 76, also determined that each additional cup of tea consumed per day (beyond 2 cups) brought with it an additional 18% reduction in the risk of this common cancer of both pre- and post-menopausal women.

This is just one case study, but it sounds pretty good to me!

The information provided here is meant to be a beginning to your own research and just food for thought, I take no responsibility for your application of the information. You may come up with totally different findings as the Net is a constantly and consistently changing place. Keep learning.

 

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