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News & Research:
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Coffee
May Protect Against Breast Cancer, Study Shows - Science Daily, 4/24/08 -
"Depending on which variant of a certain gene a woman
has, a coffee consumption rate of at least two-three cups a day can either
reduce the total risk of developing breast cancer or delay the onset of cancer"
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Cup Of
Coffee A Day Could Help Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease, Study Suggests
- Science Daily, 4/2/08 - "Caffeine appears to block
several of the disruptive effects of cholesterol that make the blood-brain
barrier leaky ... High levels of cholesterol are a risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease, perhaps by compromising the protective nature of the blood-brain
barrier. For the first time we have shown that chronic ingestion of caffeine
protects the BBB from cholesterol-induced leakage"
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Caffeine Bad for Diabetes - WebMD, 1/28/08 - "On the
days the patients took caffeine, their blood-sugar levels were 8% higher ...
Caffeine increases blood glucose by as much as oral diabetes medications
decrease it ... Lane warns against reading too much into this small, 10-patient
study ... Several studies have found that coffee drinkers -- especially those
who drink a lot of coffee -- have a lower risk of diabetes than do other people.
So how can coffee both protect against diabetes and worsen diabetes? ... it is
becoming increasingly clear it is not the caffeine that is beneficial. The
picture is now evolving where we see that some other components of coffee
besides caffeine may be beneficial in long-term in reduction of diabetes risk"
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Ovarian
Cancer Risk Not Affected By Alcohol And Smoking, But Reduced By Caffeine, Study
Finds - Science Daily, 1/22/08 - "they observed an
inverse trend of risk with total caffeine and caffeinated coffee intake, but no
association with decaffeinated coffee"
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Caffeine
Is Linked To Miscarriage Risk, New Study Shows - Science Daily, 1/21/08
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Coffee,
tea, caffeine and risk of breast cancer: A 22-year follow-up - Int J Cancer.
2008 - "our results suggested a weak inverse association
between caffeine-containing beverages and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer"
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Coffee vs. Skin Cancer? - WebMD, 11/2/07 - "each
daily cup of caffeinated coffee was associated with a 5% drop in the women's
odds of reporting nonmelanoma skin cancer"
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Can Coffee Keep Your Mind Sharp? - Dr. Weil, 10/22/07
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Low/Moderate Coffee Intake
Increases Risk for Antihypertensive Drug Therapy - Medscape, 8/31/07
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Drinking 4 or More Cups of
Coffee a Day May Help Prevent Gout - Medscape, 8/23/07 -
"the risk for developing gout decreased with increasing
coffee consumption. The risk of gout was 40 percent lower for men who drank 4 to
5 cups a day and 59 percent lower for men who drank 6 or more cups a day than
for men who never drank coffee"
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Coffee Consumption May
Lower Uric Acid Levels - The Precursor of Gout - Medscape, 8/23/07 -
"levels of uric acid in the blood significantly
decreased with increasing coffee intake, but not with tea intake"
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Caffeine May Help Women's Memory - WebMD, 8/6/07 -
"Women who reported drinking at least three cups of coffee or tea per day at the
study's start showed less of a drop in their test scores during the study,
compared with women who reported consuming at most one daily cup of tea or
coffee ... The biggest benefit was seen in the women's verbal memory"
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Coffee
Drinking Related To Reduced Risk Of Liver Cancer - Science Daily, 8/1/07 -
"hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ... The results showed a
41 percent reduction of HCC risk among coffee drinkers compared to those who
never drank coffee"
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How
Coffee Raises Cholesterol - Science Daily, 6/15/07 -
"Cafestol, a compound found in coffee, elevates cholesterol by hijacking a
receptor in an intestinal pathway critical to its regulation ... consuming five
cups of French press coffee per day (30 milligrams of cafestol) for four weeks
raises cholesterol in the blood 6 to 8 percent"
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Drinking
Four Or More Cups Of Coffee A Day May Help Prevent Gout - Science Daily,
5/25/07 - "the data revealed that the
risk for developing gout decreased with increasing coffee consumption. The risk
of gout was 40 percent lower for men who drank 4 to 5 cups a day and 59 percent
lower for men who drank 6 or more cups a day than for men who never drank
coffee"
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Coffee's Health Perks Get Attention - WebMD, 4/30/07
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Moderate
Coffee Drinking Reduces Many Risks, Panel Says - Science Daily, 4/30/07 -
"Some research in neuropharamacology
suggests that one cup of coffee can halve the risk of Parkinson's disease. Other
studies have found it reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease, kidney stones,
gallstones, depression and even suicide ... persons who were heavy coffee
consumers had a lower risk of type 2 diabetes"
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Coffee:
Aroma, Taste And Dietary Fiber - Science Daily, 2/26/07 -
"soluble dietary fiber (SDF) ...brewed
coffee contains a significant amount of SDF — 02.5 percent to 20.0 percent by
weight of powdered coffee bean"
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Coffee May Protect Against Diabetes - WebMD, 2/23/07
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Is Coffee Good
for You? - Dr. Weil, 2/19/07 - "Those who drank coffee had lower rates of age-related cognitive decline than
those who didn't, with maximum protection seen in men who drank three cups of
coffee a day ... both coffee and decaf can raise your blood pressure
temporarily, but we still don't know whether this can lead to hypertension ...
Coffee may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes ... coffee may protect against
Parkinson's disease"
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Get the diet scoop: 6 promising supplements, 6 to avoid - CNN, 2/16/07 -
"promising ...
Caffeine ... EGCG ...
Chromium ... Conjugated
Linoleic Acid (CLA) ...
5-HTP ... L-dopa or
L-tyrosine"
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Caffeinated drinks may protect elderly against heart disease - Nutra USA,
2/9/07 - "Over-65s who drink four or
more caffeinated beverages every day may reduce their risk of heart disease by a
whopping 53 per cent"
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Coffee helps douse
workout pain - MSNBC, 1/10/06 - "Those who consumed caffeine one hour before the maximum force test had a 48
percent reduction in pain compared with the placebo group"
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A cup of
confusion: Is coffee healthy or not? - MSNBC, 11/24/06
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Can caffeine protect against Alzheimer's? - USA Today, 11/5/06 -
"Lesko and others are betting on
research suggesting that caffeine will offer protection not just against
Alzheimer's, but also against Parkinson's ... Alzheimer-stricken mice that had
guzzled caffeine could easily find their way through a maze. Mice that got just
water had more signs of brain disease and got confused in the maze"
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Coffee
May Protect Against Diabetes - WebMD, 10/25/06 -
"After adjusting for other known
diabetes risk factors, the researchers concluded that both past and current
drinkers of caffeinated coffee had about a 60% reduction in diabetes risk,
compared with study participants who never drank coffee ... A similar reduction
in risk was seen among the roughly one-third of study participants with impaired
glucose tolerance"
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Decaf
Coffee Isn't Caffeine-Free - WebMD, 10/11/06
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Is Coffee or
Tea Good for Your Liver? - Medscape, 10/2/06 -
"The consumption of coffee and tea is
associated with a reduced risk of CLD"
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Coffee could slow mental decline in old men - Nutra USA, 8/17/06 -
"men who had regular consumption of
coffee had a lower rate of decline over the ten-year period than men who did not
drink coffee (declines of 1.2 versus 2.6 points for drinkers and non-drinkers,
respectively)"
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Coffee
as a Health Drink? Studies Find Some Benefits - New York Times, 8/14/06
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Caffeine could protect against memory loss
- Nutra USA, 7/12/06 - "caffeine
concentrations in the brain resulting from a few cups of coffee could
significantly increase gamma rhythm strength, which is likely to contribute to
the cognitive beneficial effects"
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Coffee
Might Curb Alcoholic Cirrhosis - WebMD, 6/12/06 -
"For every daily cup of coffee that
participants reported drinking, they were 22% less likely to have been diagnosed
with alcoholic cirrhosis during the study ... Coffee drinkers were also less
likely to have high blood levels of liver enzymes"
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Coffee
May Help Postmenopausal Heart - WebMD, 5/30/06 -
"Women who reported drinking one to
three daily cups of coffee at the study's start were 24% less likely to die of
heart disease during the study"
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Heavy Coffee Drinking Doesn't Hurt the Heart - Intelihealth, 4/24/06 -
"Data on more than 120,000
participants in two U.S. studies that followed people for as long as two
decades found no link between heart disease and a daily intake of six or
more cups of coffee"
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Coffee May Not Up Heart Disease Risk - WebMD, 4/24/06
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Coffee May Up Heart Risks for Some - WebMD, 3/7/06
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More evidence of null link between coffee and colorectal cancer - Nutra
USA, 2/7/06
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Coffee May Decrease Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in Women -
Medscape, 2/6/06 - "The RR of type 2
diabetes was 0.87 for 1 cup per day, 0.58 for 2 to 3 cups per day, and 0.53
for 4 or more cups per day vs no coffee consumption"
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Caffeine: Sex Potion for Females? - WebMD, 1/13/06
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Caffeine Limits Blood Flow to Heart Muscle During Exercise - Doctor's
Guide, 1/13/06 - "the blood flow
measurements taken immediately after exercise were significantly lower after
the participants had taken caffeine tablets ... Although caffeine is a
stimulant, these results also indicate that coffee may not necessarily boost
athletic performance"
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You thought coffee was bad for you? Actually, it seems to protect against
all sorts of ills, from diabetes to liver cancer - US News, 12/19/05 -
"a cup of joe--or a carafe--may
chase away the blues; turn you into a better athlete; and protect against
diabetes, Parkinson's disease, gallstones, and some cancers ... a
two-cup-a-day habit can dramatically cut the risk of chronic liver disease
in those at greatest risk"
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Coffee and Tea Can Reduce Risk of Chronic Liver Disease - Doctor's
Guide, 12/2/05 - "people at high
risk for liver injury may be able to reduce their risk for developing
chronic liver disease significantly by drinking more than two cups of coffee
or tea daily. This preventative effect was only seen in people at higher
risk for liver disease due to heavy alcohol intake, being overweight or
having diabetes or iron overload"
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Caffeine Boosts Short-Term Memory - WebMD, 11/30/05
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Decaf Coffee May Raise Heart Risks - WebMD, 11/16/05
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No Link Found Between Caffeine Intake and Development of Hypertension in
Women - Doctor's Guide, 11/8/05 -
"When studying individual classes of
caffeinated beverages, habitual coffee consumption was not associated with
increased risk of hypertension. By contrast, consumption of cola beverages
was associated with an increased risk of hypertension, independent of
whether it was sugared or diet cola"
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More evidence coffee may cut risk of liver cancer - Nutra USA, 8/4/05 -
"those who drink coffee occasionally
reduced their risk by almost 30 per cent, while those drinking one or more
cups a day had a risk of just 0.58 compared with the non-drinkers"
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Coffee May Cut Type 2 Diabetes Risk - WebMD, 7/5/05 -
"Those who drank four to six cups
per day had a 28% lower risk of type 2 diabetes, compared with people who
drank the least coffee"
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Research Links Coffee to Heart Risks for Some - WebMD, 6/17/05 -
"coffee drinkers had more stiffness
of the major blood vessel of the body than non-coffee drinkers. Decreased
elasticity of major blood vessels is a risk factor for developing heart
disease like heart attack and stroke"
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Cardiovascular Effects of Coffee: Is It a Risk Factor? - Medscape,
5/27/05 - "recent evidence suggests
that moderate coffee intake does not represent a health hazard and may even
be associated with beneficial effects"
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The Stay-Alert Secret of Caffeine - WebMD, 4/21/05
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Caffeine Tied
to Blood Sugar Problems - WebMD, 3/9/05 -
"caffeine reduced the men's ability
to process blood sugar. It also interfered with insulin, the body's hormone
that handles blood sugar ... But what about the studies that show that
coffee may protect against type 2 diabetes ... Here's the catch. In the new
study, caffeine came from a pill ... Coffee contains many other substances
besides caffeine, such as potassium, antioxidants, and magnesium"
- Women and
coffee: How many cups a day? - MSNBC, 3/1/05
- Studies Examine Coffee Drinking And Risk Of Liver And Colorectal Cancers
- Science Daily, 2/23/05 - "People
who drank coffee on a daily or almost daily basis had about half the risk of
HCC [hepatocellular
carcinoma] compared with those who never drank coffee"
- Can Coffee Protect Against Common Cancers? -
WebMD, 2/15/05 - "Recent studies have shown that regular coffee consumption may lower the
risk of developing diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's ... people who
drank coffee every day or almost daily had about half the liver cancer risk
as those who never drank coffee. The more coffee people drank the lower
their risk"
- More Americans Getting a Caffeine Buzz - WebMD,
12/28/04
- How much
caffeine is too much? - MSNBC, 12/3/04 - "even two six-ounce cups of coffee a day may increase blood test values that
measure inflammation ... two large American studies show no effect of coffee
or caffeine on the incidence of heart disease ... caffeine increases the
loss of calcium, raising the risk of osteoporosis ... two to three cups of
coffee can raise blood pressure around 10 points"
- Caffeine May Reduce the Risk of Parkinson's Disease in Some Women
- Medscape, 11/10/04
- Regular or Decaf, Coffee May Ward Off Diabetes -
WebMD, 11/9/04 - "women who drank more than four cups of regular or decaffeinated coffee per
day have significantly lower levels of a component of insulin than
non-coffee drinkers ... This insulin component is called C-peptide"
- Coffee May Raise Heart Disease Risk - WebMD,
10/20/04 - "Participants who said
they drank more than 200 mL
of coffee a day (a little more than one cup, which was defined as moderate
consumption) had higher levels of inflammatory markers than those who drank
no coffee"
- Is Caffeine Withdrawal a Mental Disorder? - WebMD,
9/30/04
- Caffeine Adversely Affects Endothelial Function In Healthy People
- Doctor's Guide, 5/24/04
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Caffeine Consumption Appears Protective Against Liver Injury in At-Risk
Populations - Doctor's Guide, 5/19/04
- Food Can Have Powerful Effect on Health - WebMD,
5/17/04 - "people who drank more than two cups of coffee a day were about half as
likely to have elevated liver enzyme blood tests compared with those who
consumed less than a cup a day. And when divided into five groups according
to the total amount of caffeine consumed, people in the highest group had
about one-third the risk of liver damage than those in the lowest group"
- Most Use Caffeine Wrong, Study Suggests - WebMD,
5/11/04 - "it's better to take tiny
amounts of caffeine -- about two ounces of coffee -- every hour, all day
long"
- Body drinks up coffee antioxidants - Nutra USA,
4/7/04
- Increasing Daily Coffee Consumption Appears Associated with Lower Risk of
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Doctor's Guide, 3/10/04
- Water good,
coffee bad? Ain’t necessarily so - MSNBC, 2/23/04
- Coffee May Cut Type 2 Diabetes Risk - WebMD,
1/5/04 - "Those who drank six or more cups per day had the lowest risk of having type
2
diabetes compared with those who drank less
coffee ... Caffeine may stimulate muscles to burn fat and sugar more
efficiently and could trigger the breakdown of fat in other tissue as well"
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Coffee Drinkers Have Faster Sperm - Doctor's Guide, 10/23/03
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Should people with high cholesterol levels stop drinking coffee? -
Natural Foods Merchandiser, 9/03
- Coffee May Help Prevent Diabetes - WebMD, 6/18/03
- Coffee
May Cut Diabetes Risk - Medscape, 6/18/03 - "Men who drink six or more cups of coffee a day were less than half as
likely to develop
diabetes compared with nondrinkers. Drinking
four to six cups helps too: Those men saw their risk cut by 29% ... Women
who consume four cups or more a day also reduced their risk of developing
the disease by about 30%. But in their case, six cups did not seem to be any
more protective than four cups ... Decaf was associated with a "modest
reduction" in risk for those who drank four cups or more a day"
- Caffeine-Ephedra Combo Stresses Heart - WebMD,
4/11/03
- More Migraine Relief Seen with Over-the-Counter Combination than with
Sumatriptan - Doctor's Guide, 4/4/03 - "Patients are more likely to get relief from a
migraine episode if they use an over-the-counter (OTC) treatment that
combines acetaminophen,
aspirin, and caffeine at the first sign of an attack than if they use 50
mg of
sumatriptan (Imitrex)
... Among the OTC subjects, 87% had responded to treatment at 2 hours,
compared to 75% of sumatriptan subjects (P=0.045). The differences seen 24
hours after treatment showed that 66% of the OTC subjects had sustained
relief, compared to 49% of the sumatriptan group" - See
drugstore.com acetaminophen products
 .
- Caffeine, HRT Affect Parkinson's Risk - WebMD,
3/12/03 - "caffeine reduces Parkinson's risk in women
who don't take
HRT -- but increases it in women who do take
HRT"
- Coffee
May Lower Risk of Gallstones in Women - New Hope Natural Media, 2/27/03
- Coffee Break Can Be Loaded With Calories - WebMD,
2/20/03 - "Depending on the kind of milk and ingredients used, a large latte can
contain from 250 calories to as many as 570 calories"
- Caffeine Keeps Teens Awake at Night - WebMD,
1/6/03
- Coffee Packs More Than a Caffeine Buzz - WebMD,
11/18/02 - "it's not just the caffeine in coffee that gives your heart a buzz ...
drinking a triple espresso, with or without caffeine, caused a blood
pressure spike and an increase in nervous system activity among occasional
coffee drinkers. Habitual coffee drinkers were immune to this immediate
blood pressure-raising reaction, although their nervous system showed an
increase in activity ... This demonstrates how little we know about the
effects of one of our most popular beverages and the most abundantly
consumed stimulant worldwide"
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High Coffee Intake May Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk - Doctor's Guide,
11/7/02
- Java Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Risk - WebMD, 11/7/02
- "Caffeine is known to decrease the
body's response to insulin. However, other ingredients found in coffee --
magnesium and
chlorogenic acid -- may have beneficial effects ... researchers followed
more than 17,000 Dutch adults. After several years of follow-up, those who
drank seven or more cups a day were half as likely to develop type 2
diabetes compared with those who drank less
than two cups a day ... The long-term effects of drinking too much caffeine
are not known and other health issues could develop" - Note:
Chlorogenic acid is in artichoke extract.
If magnesium and chlorogenic acid are the reason for the 50% diabetes
reduction, it would seem to be a better choice than drinking seven cups of
coffee per day. See
iHerb
artichoke products. - Ben
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The Science and Policy of Performance Enhancing Supplements - Life
Extension Magazine, 9/02 - "Dr.
Jacobs gave Canadian Special Forces soldiers between 0.8 to 1.0 mg per
kilogram (mg/kg) of ephedrine and 3 mg to 5
mg/kg of caffeine 90 to 105 minutes prior to various exercise tests. These
numbers translate to approximately 60 mg to 80 mg of ephedrine and 239 mg to
398 mg of caffeine for a 175 lb man-relatively high doses of ephedrine,
especially when combined with the caffeine intake ... Time to exhaustion
during a high intensity cycle ergometer
test (at approx 85% maximal aerobic output) increased dramatically"
- Caffeine Said To Lower Cancer Risk - Intelihealth,
8/27/02
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Novel Method of Enhancing Anti-Fat Effects of CLA - Life Extension
Magazine, 8/02 - "Guarana
is an herb that contains a form of caffeine called guaranine, which is 2.5
times stronger than the caffeine found in coffee, tea and soft drinks ...
Caffeine accelerates the effectiveness of CLA, thus
making CLA a more potent fat burner" - See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
guarana products.
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Ephedra-Caffeine Combo Cleared - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 7/02 -
"The combination of ephedra and caffeine is
safe and effective for weight loss, according to research published in the
May 2002 issue of the
International Journal of Obesity."
- Caffeine May Worsen Glaucoma - Nutrition Science
News, 6/27/02 - "Compared with
decaffeinated coffee, regular coffee produced a statistically significant
increase in IOP
at both 60 and 90 minutes. The magnitude of the increase was approximately 2
to 3 mm Hg, an amount that, if sustained over the long term, could have an
adverse effect on visual function" - Also see my
glaucoma page.
- Caffeine Has Significant Impact On Electroencephalogram
- Doctor's Guide, 6/14/02
- Ephedra Plus Caffeine Safely Lowers Weight in Controlled Trial
- Medscape, 6/11/02
- Ephedra Safe for Healthy Dieters - WebMD, 6/6/02 -
"With just diet and exercise, patients lost about 6 pounds. When
ephedra/caffeine was added, they lost about 12 pounds ... While this
study didn't show a lot of adverse effects, they didn't use an off-the-shelf
supplement ... There are many, many other ingredients in these supplements.
It is not the same as
Metabolife
or others. I really don't think you can use this as a study to invoke the
safety of dietary supplements. This is just not what people out there are
taking"
- Caffeine's Effect on Blood Pressure - WebMD,
5/17/02 - "Thirty minutes after the caffeine was given [250 mg of caffeine (the
equivalent of 2-3 cups of coffee)], there was a big jump in the stiffness of
their arteries, said Vlachopoulos. The effect peaked after 60 minutes and
remained significant for at least three hours ... This led to an 11 point
jump in systolic blood pressure -- the top
number -- and an 8 point jump in diastolic blood pressure -- the bottom
number"
- No Bladder Cancer Risk Associated With Use of Coffee, Tea
- Doctor's Guide, 5/13/02
- Coffee Doesn't Cause High Blood Pressure - WebMD,
3/26/02
- Coffee Drinking Plays Small Role In Development Of Hypertension
- Doctor's Guide, 3/26/02
- Caffeine Can Decrease Insulin Sensitivity -
Doctor's Guide, 2/21/02
- Nothing Works Better Than a Nap - Healthscout,
2/18/02 - "With the caffeine, the likelihood of an accident dropped by 66 percent. But
when the drivers took a 15-minute doze, even if they didn't really fall
asleep, and then had the caffeine, the likelihood of a sleep-related
accident dropped by 91 percent"
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Caffeine Disturbs Blood Sugar Hormone - WebMD, 2/6/02 -
"When insulin sensitivity goes down, this indicates that your body is less
able to take blood sugar into the cells to be used for energy ... Caffeine
decreased insulin sensitivity by 15%, a significant decline compared to
placebo. Plus, stress hormone levels in the blood increased with caffeine.
Blood pressure increased to a small degree as well"
- Caffeine Sharpens the Mind - WebMD, 12/20/01 -
"The researchers looked at 40 people over 65 and tested their memory in the
morning and again in the afternoon a few days later. Each time, they drank a
12 oz. cup of coffee before going through a series of memory tests. Some
drank decaffeinated coffee and some had the real thing but were not told
which one they were getting ... those who drank decaffeinated coffee "showed
a significant decline in memory performance from morning to afternoon," Ryan
says. Those who drank the caffeine had no fall in their memory test scores"
- Higher Caffeine Consumption Accelerates Bone Loss in Post -Menopausal Women
- Doctor's Guide, 11/1/01
- Caffeine Ingestion Decreases Glucose Disposal And Carbohydrate Storage
- Doctor's Guide, 11/1/01
- Report: Caffeine Can Help Soldiers - Intelihealth,
10/26/01
- Framingham
Study Finds No Correlations Between Coffee And Parkinson’s Disease
- Doctor's Guide, 10/1/01
- Can a Cup a Day Keep Parkinson's Away? - WebMD,
7/19/01 - "The more men drink, the
lower their risk of Parkinson's; women, however, only see their risk lowered
when they drink in moderation -- 1-3 cups per day ... There is some
biological experimental evidence that caffeine does protect against [brain
cell death]"
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Drink Tea -- Your Skin May Thank You for It Later, Caffeine and Artificial
Enzyme May Protect Against Skin Cancer - WebMD, 4/5/01 -
"caffeine applied directly to the skin reversed sun-induced damage in mice
... green and black tea prevented sun-induced skin cancer when given orally
to mice. The caffeine in the tea, they found, was the active component
inhibiting cancer growth. Specifically, they found that caffeine increases
skin cell death, suggesting injured skin cells die before cancer has a
chance to develop in them ... Conney's team also found that oral caffeine
increases levels of a special gene that is involved in suppressing tumor
growth"
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For Pregnant Women, Even One Cup of Joe May Be Harmful, Study Shows Smoking
to Be Key - WebMD, 12/20/00
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Study blames caffeine for some miscarriages - CNN, 12/20/00
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Caffeine-Miscarriages Link Studied - Intelihealth, 12/20/00
- Study
Suggests Link Between Coffee Use And Lowered Parkinson's Risk - Doctor's
Guide, 11/14/00
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Java Deters Parkinson's Disease - Nutrition Science News, 10/00
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Java Junkies Rejoice! Caffeine May Reduce Risk of Parkinson's - WebMD,
10/16/00
- No
Bones About It: Drinking Coffee May Increase Arthritis Risk - WebMD,
7/26/00
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Watch the Lattes: Too Much Caffeine May Lead to Bladder Problems -
WebMD, 7/21/00
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Coffee brews trouble for the naturally nervous - CNN, 7/7/00
- Higher
Coffee And Caffeine Intake May Be Linked With Lower Incidence Of Parkinson
Disease - Doctor's Guide, 5/23/00
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Does Coffee's Caffeine Protect Against Parkinson's Disease? - WebMD,
5/22/00
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Caffeine Enhances the Symptoms of Low Blood Sugar - WebMD, 4/12/00
- Caffeine
Increases Effectiveness Of Headache Treatments -
Doctor's Guide, 8/20/99
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Coffee May Help Prevent Gallstones - Intelihealth, 6/9/99
- Morning
Coffee Boosts Blood Pressure, Stress Hormones Throughout The Day -
Doctor's Guide, 3/4/99
- Moderate
Caffeine Use Boosts Blood Pressure, Potential For Heart Disease
- Doctor's Guide, 5/25/98
- Dangers Of
Using Caffeine To Enhance Bodybuilding Performance - Doctor's Guide,
5/21/98
- Caffeine May
Extend Life Of Cancer Cells - Doctor's Guide,
1/22/98
- High-Dose
Caffeine May Be Effective Pain Reliever - Doctor's Guide, 11/7/97
- In
Moderation, Coffee is Probably One of Life's Less Harmful Vices -
Doctor's Guide, 6/13/97
Abstracts:
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Timing of Blood Pressure Measurement Related to Caffeine Consumption
(January) - Ann Pharmacother. 2007 Dec 19 -
"Reviews of caffeine's acute effect on blood pressure indicate changes of
3-15 mm Hg systolic and 4-13 mm Hg diastolic. Typically, blood pressure
changes occur within 30 minutes, peak in 1-2 hours, and may persist for more
than 4 hours"
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Coffee, caffeine, and coronary heart disease - Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab
Care. 2007 Nov;10(6):745-51 - "Diterpenes present in
unfiltered coffee and caffeine each appear to increase risk of coronary
heart disease. A lower risk of coronary heart disease among moderate coffee
drinkers might be due to antioxidants found in coffee"
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Coffee consumption is associated with higher plasma adiponectin
concentrations in women with and without type 2 diabetes: a prospective
cohort study - Diabetes Care. 2007 Dec 10 -
"High consumption of caffeine-containing coffee is associated with higher
adiponectin and lower inflammatory marker
concentrations"
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Coffee consumption and mortality in a 14-year follow-up of an elderly
northern Finnish population - Br J Nutr. 2007 Dec 6;:1-8 -
"The total mortality rate was inversely related to
the number of cups (average volume, 125 ml) of coffee consumed daily. After
adjustment for age, sub-period of follow-up, sex, marital status, basic
educational level, previous occupational group, current smoking, BMI,
history of myocardial infarction, self-rated health and presence of
diabetes, cognitive impairment or physical disability, the estimated
relative risk reduction of total mortality per an increment of one more cup
of coffee per d reported at baseline was 4 (95 % CI 0, 8) % ... The present
study provides evidence for daily (caffeine-containing) coffee intake being
inversely associated with mortality in the elderly"
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Intakes of coffee, tea, milk, soda and juice and renal cell cancer in a
pooled analysis of 13 prospective studies - Int J Cancer. 2007 Jun 21 -
"Coffee consumption was associated with a modestly
lower risk of renal cell cancer (pooled multivariate RR for 3 or more 8 oz
(237 ml) cups/day versus less than one 8 oz (237 ml) cup/day = 0.84 ... Tea
consumption was also inversely associated with renal cell cancer risk
(pooled multivariate RR for 1 or more 8 oz (237 ml) cups/day versus
nondrinkers = 0.85"
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Coffee consumption and risk of colorectal cancer in a population-based
prospective cohort of Japanese men and women - Int J Cancer. 2007 Apr 20
- "We observed a significant inverse
association between coffee consumption and the risk of developing invasive
colon cancer among women. Compared with those who almost never consumed
coffee, women who regularly consumed 3 or more cups of coffee per day had a
RR of 0.44 ... In men, no significant decrease was observed in any
colorectal cancer site"
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Coffee consumption and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus - Acta
Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2007;86(2):161-6 - "Women who reported moderate
pre-pregnancy caffeinated coffee intake had a significantly reduced risk of
GDM (adjusted RR 0.50; 95% CI 0.29-0.85) compared with non-consumers. No
risk reduction was associated with decaffeinated coffee intake"
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Coffee intake and incidence of hypertension - Am J Clin Nutr. 2007
Mar;85(3):718-23 - "Women who drank
>6 cups/d had a lower risk than did women who drank >0-3 cups/d ... Coffee
abstinence is associated with a lower hypertension risk than is low coffee
consumption. An inverse U-shaped relation between coffee intake and risk of
hypertension was observed in the women"
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Effect of chronic coffee consumption on aortic stiffness and wave
reflections in hypertensive patients - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Dec 13 -
"Coffee consumption is associated
with increased wave reflections, but not aortic stiffness in never-treated
hypertensive patients"
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Does coffee consumption reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in individuals
with impaired glucose? - Diabetes Care. 2006 Nov;29(11):2385-90 -
"Past and current coffee drinkers
had a reduced risk of incident diabetes (odds ratio 0.38 [95% CI 0.17-0.87]
and 0.36 ... This study confirms a striking protective effect of caffeinated
coffee against incident diabetes"
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Coffee consumption and markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction
in healthy and diabetic women - Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Oct;84(4):888-93 -
"neither caffeinated nor
decaffeinated filtered coffee has a detrimental effect on endothelial
function. In contrast, the results suggest that coffee consumption is
inversely associated with markers of inflammation and endothelial
dysfunction"
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Coffee consumption is inversely associated with cognitive decline in elderly
European men: the FINE Study - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Aug 16 -
"consuming coffee reduces cognitive
decline in elderly men. An inverse and J-shaped association may exist
between the number of cups of coffee consumed and cognitive decline, with
the least cognitive decline for men consuming three cups of coffee per day"
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The relationship between green tea and total caffeine intake and risk for
self-reported type 2 diabetes among Japanese adults - Ann Intern Med.
2006 Apr 18;144(8):554-62 - "Consumption of green tea and coffee was inversely associated with risk for
diabetes after adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, and other risk
factors. Multivariable odds ratios for diabetes among participants who
frequently drank green tea and coffee (> or =6 cups of green tea per day and
> or =3 cups of coffee per day) were 0.67 (95% CI, 0.47 to 0.94) and 0.58
(CI, 0.37 to 0.90), respectively, compared with those who drank less than 1
cup per week ... Total caffeine intake from these beverages was associated
with a 33% reduced risk for diabetes"
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Consumption of coffee, but not black tea, is associated with decreased risk
of premenopausal breast cancer - J Nutr. 2006 Jan;136(1):166-71 -
"Among premenopausal women,
consumption of regular coffee was associated with linear declines in breast
cancer risk (P for trend = 0.03); consumers of >/=4 cups/d experienced a 40%
risk reduction"
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Habitual caffeine intake and the risk of hypertension in women - JAMA.
2005 Nov 9;294(18):2330-5
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Coffee--poison or medicine? - Ther Umsch. 2005 Sep;62(9):629-33 -
"Recent publications suggest that
moderate coffee intake does not represent a health hazard, but may even be
associated with beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system and
diabetes"
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Effect of coffee intake on blood pressure in male habitual alcohol drinkers
- Hypertens Res. 2005 Jun;28(6):521-7 - "coffee intake of more than 3 cups
per day in hypertensive and prehypertensive men who regularly consume
alcohol lowers blood pressure"
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Coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic
review - JAMA. 2005 Jul 6;294(1):97-104 - "This systematic review supports the hypothesis that habitual
coffee consumption is associated with a substantially lower risk of type 2
diabetes"
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Chronic coffee consumption has a detrimental effect on aortic
stiffness and wave reflections - Am J Clin Nutr.
2005 Jun;81(6):1307-12 -
"Chronic coffee
consumption exerts a detrimental effect on aortic stiffness and wave
reflections, which may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease"
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Coffee Intake and Risk of Hypertension: The Johns Hopkins
Precursors Study - Archives of Internal Medicine,
3/26/02 -
"After adjustment for the variables listed above, however,
these associations were not statistically significant ... Conclusion
Over many years of follow-up, coffee drinking is associated with small
increases in blood pressure, but appears to play a small role in the
development of hypertension"
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