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The Coffee Thread

Anome_ said:
So they're saying that drinking large quantities of a known diuretic and stimulant can make you incontinent... Who knew?
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Anome_ said:
So they're saying that drinking large quantities of a known diuretic and stimulant can make you incontinent... Who knew?
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Its not large amounts, only 2 cups!
 
Green Tea Or Coffee May Reduce Stroke Risk
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/257760.php
15 Mar 2013

Drinking green tea or coffee on a regular basis is associated with a reduced risk of stroke, says new research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Researchers conducted a study on a total of 83,269 Japanese adults aged 45 to 74 years, they monitored their green tea and coffee consumption for an average of 13 years to see whether it had any effect on cardiovascular health.

The results of the study indicated that there's a link between high consumption of green tea and coffee and a lower stroke risk.

According to the lead author, Yoshihiro Kokubo, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.H.A., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C., lead author of the study at Japan's National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center:

"This is the first large-scale study to examine the combined effects of both green tea and coffee on stroke risks. You may make a small but positive lifestyle change to help lower the risk of stroke by adding daily green tea to your diet."


The researchers analyzed the participants' medical records during the 13 years of follow up, they looked for information about whether they experienced strokes or other health complications. Their findings were adjusted for factors such as age, sex, diet, smoking status, and weight.


Regular green tea and coffee drinkers may have a lower risk of stroke

They found that:
Those who drank green tea regularly - at least four cups measuring six ounces per day - were about 20 to 30 percent less likely to experience a certain type of stroke compared to those who didn't.

Daily coffee drinkers were at a 20 percent lower risk of stroke compared to those who rarely drank it.
It should be noted that in general the green tea drinkers did more exercise than the other participants.

Previous research indicates that green tea can lower one's risk of heart disease. A study conducted by researchers at UCLA similarly found that the more green tea you drink, the better your odds of staving off a stroke.

The initial results of the study found that those who drank more than two cups of coffee a day were at a higher risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD), however, after factoring in cigarette smoking they no longer found an association between coffee consumption and CHD.

In fact, according to a study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, women who drink more than one cup of coffee per day appear to have a 22 to 25% lower risk of stroke than those who don't.

Kokubo added:

"However, our self-reported data may be reasonably accurate, because nationwide annual health screenings produced similar results, and our validation study showed relatively high validity. The regular action of drinking tea, coffee, largely benefits cardiovascular health because it partly keeps blood clots from forming."
Possibly catechins and chlorogenic acid reduce stroke risk

The researchers are not completely certain what property is in green tea that lowers stroke risk, although they believe it could be a compound group called catechins which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.

There's a chemical in coffee called chlorogenic acid which reduces a persons risk of developing type 2 diabetes, this could be why coffee drinkers are at a reduced risk of stroke.

As coffee and green tea are the two most popular drinks in the world after water, the finding is very relevant to the U.S. and western Europe as well.

Written by Joseph Nordqvist

References:
"The Impact of Green Tea and Coffee Consumption on the Reduced Risk of Stroke Incidence in Japanese Population"

Yoshihiro Kokubo, MD, PhD, FAHA, Hiroyasu Iso, MD, PhD, Isao Saito, MD, PhD, Kazumasa Yamagishi, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Yatsuya, MD, PhD, Junko Ishihara, PhD, Manami Inoue, MD, PhD and Shoichiro Tsugane, MD, PhD
Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
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The world's strongest coffee

A New York man is marketing the world's strongest coffee - under the brand name of Death Wish Coffee.

Double the strength of an espresso, Death Wish Coffee even comes with a disclaimer warning drinkers to expect 'many sleepless nights'.

Mike Brown, the man behind the blend, used to work in a small coffee shop in New York, but got fed up with customers asking for stronger coffee.

"I always had customers coming in asking for our strongest and boldest roast," he said.

"I had to go through the process every day of explaining to them that dark roasts were actually the least caffeinated.

"This began my journey for finding and roasting the Death Wish bean and after many trial and error processes I found it.

"The type of blend, bean and roasting process we use makes Death Wish Coffee the strongest in the world.

"Its actual process is a secret because we have created something revolutionary and we do not want it stolen."

The extra-strong coffee is available to buy on Amazon and can be bought in packs of either ground coffee or whole beans.
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http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkie ... est_coffee
 
A Strange Coffee

A coffee known as Kopi Luwak is made of cat's excrete and people love this coffee despite of the fact that it is a non veg coffee and is so expensive that one cup of Kopi Luwak can cost you fortune!
 
Welcome to the board. As you can see, we already have a thread on luwak coffee, so I've merged your post in with it.
 
That coffee tastes like spam.
 
See if their next cup tastes similar. If it does we'll ditch it and go back to Lavazza.
 
Drinking coffee linked to lower suicide risk in adults

28 Jul 2013
Drinking coffee is linked to lower suicide rates, suggests a study published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry.

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) reviewed data from three large US studies. This consisted of 43,599 men involved in the Health Professionals Follow-up study (HPFS), 73,820 women in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and 91,005 women in the NHS II.

The researchers analyzed data regarding consumption of caffeine, coffee and decaffeinated coffee every 4 years through food-frequency questionnaires, while the deaths from suicide were analyzed by physician review of death certificates.

The amount of caffeine consumption was assessed from both coffee and non-coffee sources, including chocolate, tea and caffeinated soft drinks. But the researchers add that coffee was the main source, accounting for a minimum of 71% in all three studies.

Over the study period, 277 deaths were a result of suicide.

Results revealed that the risk of suicide for adults who drank between 2-4 cups of coffee each day was 50% lower when compared with adults who drank decaffeinated coffee, very little or no coffee.

The researchers reported that there were no major differences in the risk of suicide between those who consumed 2-3 cups of coffee per day and those who drank 4 or more cups per day, but they note that this may be due to a smaller number of suicides in these categories.

Coffee cup and coffee beans
Researchers on this study say that the risk of suicide was 50% lower in adults who drank 2-4 cups of coffee each day. However, a previous study suggested heightened depression in adults who drank 4 or more cups of coffee per day.
However, the study notes that a previous study from HSPH analyzing how coffee was related to depression revealed that researchers saw a heightened depression effect in those who drank 4 or more cups per day.

The researchers report that as well as stimulating the central nervous system, caffeine acts as a mild anti-depressant by boosting the production of particular neurotransmitters in the brain. These include noradrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin. They add that this could explain the results of studies in the past that have linked the consumption of coffee to a lower risk of depression.

Regardless of the study's results, the authors say this does not mean the consumption of coffee should be increased.

The recommended coffee intake for the average healthy adult is around 2-4 cups per day. Experts advise that too much caffeine can have unpleasant side effects, such as insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, muscle tremors and a fast heartbeat.

Written by Honor Whiteman


Copyright: Medical News Today


References:

"Coffee, caffeine, and risk of completed suicide: Results from three prospective cohorts of American adults," published online in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, July 2, 2013.

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High coffee intake may help against prostate cancer

27 Aug 2013

Consuming four or more cups of coffee a day could reduce the risk of prostate cancer recurrence and disease progression, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Causes and Control.

Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle analyzed 1,001 prostate cancer survivors from a population-based study, aged between 35 and 74 years of age. All survivors had been diagnosed with the disease between 2002 and 2005.

The participants were asked to complete a food frequency questionnaire two years before their prostate cancer diagnosis, and were required to give information regarding their diet and beverage consumption.

The participants were also interviewed about their:

Demographic and lifestyle information
Family history of cancer
Medication use
Prostate cancer screening history.

The researchers ran a follow-up analysis five years after the participants' first diagnosis to find out whether the prostate cancer had recurred and/or progressed. Of the original 1,001 participants, 630 then answered questions about their coffee intake and were included in the final results.

Cups of coffee
Researchers found coffee had an effect against recurrence or progression of prostate cancer.
Less recurrence or progression of prostate cancer

The analysis showed that of these participants, 61% consumed at least one cup of coffee a day, while 12% drank four or more cups of coffee a day.

The men who drank four or more cups of coffee a day had 59% less risk of prostate cancer recurrence and/or progression than those whose coffee consumption was just one cup a week or less.

Additionally, the researchers analyzed the link between coffee consumption and prostate cancer-specific death in 894 patients included in the original food frequency questionnaire.

Results showed that 125 men had died after the median follow-up period of 8.5 years. Of these, 38 had died specifically from prostate cancer, but daily coffee consumption was not associated with these deaths.

There was no link found between coffee consumption and reduced mortality from prostate cancer, the researchers add, although they note this study did not include enough men who died from the disease to address that as a separate issue.

Milan Geybels, a previous student at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and lead author of the study, says the results of this study differ from those of other studies looking at the same link, as the researchers used a "composite definition" of prostate cancer recurrence/progression. He adds:

"We used detailed information on follow-up prostate-specific antigen levels, use of secondary treatment for prostate cancer and data from scans and biopsies to assess occurrence of metastases and cause-specific mortality during follow up.

Using these detailed data, we could determine whether a patient had evidence of prostate cancer recurrence or progression."

The study authors add that further research is needed to determine exactly how coffee may have effects against prostate cancer. But they say biological activities linked to consumption of phytochemical compounds found in coffee can have "anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects."

The researchers say that these naturally occurring compounds include:

Caffeine, "which can inhibit cell growth and encourage apoptosis"
Diterpenes cafestol and kahweol, "which can inhibit cancer growth"
Chlorogenic acid, "which can inhibit DNA methylation".
'Don't start drinking lots of coffee - it may be harmful'

The study authors warn that although these results indicate a positive link between higher coffee consumption and reducing the recurrence and progression of prostate cancer, the preventive effect needs to be demonstrated within clinical trials before coffee can be recommended for secondary prevention.

Milan Geybels says:

"Although coffee is a commonly consumed beverage, we have to point out that increasing one's coffee intake may be harmful for some men. For instance, men with hypertension may be vulnerable to the adverse effects of caffeine in coffee.

Or, specific components in coffee may raise serum cholesterol levels, posing a possible threat to coronary health. Patients who have questions or concerns about their coffee intake should discuss them with their general practitioner.

This research is the latest in a variety of studies that claim health benefits, and also risks, of coffee consumption.

US researchers found that drinking four or more cups of coffee a day was linked to risk of early death.

However, a July 2013 study from the Harvard School of Public Health found that suicide risk in adults was lower among those who drank 2 to 4 cups of coffee a day.

Written by Honor Whiteman


Copyright: Medical News Today

References:

Coffee and tea consumption in relation to prostate cancer prognosis Milan S. Geybels, Marian L. Neuhouser, Jonathan L. Wright, Marni Stott-Miller and Janet L. Stanford, Cancer Causes & Control, August 2013.

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"One lump or two in your Java, Sir?"

"Get the tube deeper, Nurse: those are just my piles!" :?
 
Always glad to report good news about caffeine but I have to admit that I give my pet mice decaff in the evenings.

Scientists discover big clue to how caffeine wards off Alzheimer's
Tuesday 8 April 2014 - 3am PST
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/275181.php

German and French researchers have demonstrated that caffeine has a positive effect on tau deposits, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. They showed how giving regular doses of caffeine to mice bred to develop tau protein deposits in their brains slowed memory decline compared to control mice.

The team believes the findings will eventually lead to a new class of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Jointly led by Dr. Christa E. Müller of the University of Bonn and Dr. David Blum of the University of Lille, the researchers report their findings in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

Alzheimer's disease plays havoc with the metabolism of brain cells, causing them to stop working and lose connections with each other, and eventually, their death. This gradual deterioration is what leads to memory failure, difficulty with daily tasks, personality changes, and other features of the brain-wasting disease.

The two hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease are deposits of tau protein (which clog up the insides of brain cells) and plaques of amyloid protein (which clog up the spaces between brain cells). The development of these hallmarks is not easy to investigate in living brains, which is why studies of mice bred to have similar conditions are so useful.

Several studies have already shown that regular moderate caffeine intake prevents memory decline in older people, and reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Others have taken this further and shown how caffeine intake slows memory decline in mice bred to develop amyloid plaques. But until this latest research, no studies had yet investigated the effect of caffeine in mice bred to mimic the other hallmark of Alzheimer's - the tau deposits.

For their study, the team evaluated the effect of regular, persistent caffeine intake in mice bred to develop tau deposits similar to those seen in humans. The tau mice were given the caffeine in their drinking water at a concentration of 0.3 gm per liter.

Another group of identical tau mice - the controls - were not given caffeine in their drinking water.

Findings support the idea that caffeine intake has positive effect on tau depositsmouse
The tau mice on chronic caffeine did not develop the spatial memory impairments seen in the controls.
The results showed the tau mice on chronic caffeine did not develop the spatial memory impairments seen in the controls.

They also showed that the chemistry of the tau proteins in the hippocampus - the seat of memory in rodents - was different in the caffeine-drinking mice. The team writes:

"Improved memory was associated with reduced hippocampal tau phosphorylation and proteolytic fragments."

Plus, the findings showed that caffeine appeared to reduce several pro-inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in the hippocampus of the tau mice.

The researchers conclude that their findings support the idea that caffeine intake is beneficial in mice that develop tau deposit similar to those seen in humans, thus "paving the way for future clinical evaluation" in human patients with Alzheimer's disease.

In 2011, Medical News Today reported another mouse study by the University of South Florida that concluded coffee wards off Alzheimer's because an unknown ingredient teams up with caffeine to stimulate blood levels of a critical protein that appears to put off the development of the disease.

Written by Catharine Paddock PhD
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Yet more goods news! The cup doth flow over. I'm off for a grande latte!

Drinking coffee linked to decreased liver cirrhosis death risk
Thursday 3 April 2014 - 8am PST
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/275028.php

Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis is the 11th cause of death in the US, killing nearly 32,000 people in 2010. But now, researchers are suggesting that drinking two or more cups of coffee every day can reduce the risk of death from liver cirrhosis by 66%.

Published in the journal Hepatology, the study adds to growing evidence that coffee has real health benefits.

Medical News Today recently published a feature on how caffeine affects our health, listing benefits such as reduction of liver cancer risks and decreased risk of suicide.

One study recently suggested that consuming 200 mg of caffeine each day could boost long-term memory.

In this latest study, Dr. Woon-Puay Koh, from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and the National University of Singapore, led a team of researchers who investigated how coffee might help minimize deaths caused by liver cirrhosis. The World Health Organization say this condition is responsible for 1.3% of total deaths worldwide.

Dr. Koh notes that their study focused on the effects coffee, alcohol, black tea, green tea and soft drinks have on mortality risks from cirrhosis. However, only coffee decreased these risks, while heavy alcohol use - perhaps unsurprisingly - increased risk of death from this condition.

Study 'provides impetus to further evaluate coffee as therapeutic agent'
In the US, over 50% of people over the age of 18 drink coffee every day. America is a nation of coffee drinkers, who total around 100 million, and the amount spent importing coffee here each year totals around $4 billion.

Coffee beans
Drinking two or more cups of coffee each day could lower risks of dying from cirrhosis of the liver.
With so much time and money centered around coffee, it is an added benefit that the beverage can be considered a healthy lifestyle choice for certain conditions.

To further investigate, the researchers used a prospective population-based study called The Singapore Chinese Health Study, which involved over 63,000 Chinese subjects living in Singapore who were between 45 and 74 years old.

These participants provided researchers with data on diet, lifestyle and medical histories through interviews and questionnaires between 1993 and 1998, and the researchers followed up with them for an average of 15 years.

The researchers recorded that a total of 14,928 of the study participants died in this time, of which 114 died from liver cirrhosis.

Overall results show that individuals who drank at least 20 g of ethanol (alcohol) each day had a greater risk of cirrhosis mortality, compared with non-drinkers. Meanwhile, coffee intake was linked with a lower risk of death from cirrhosis, and the researchers note this was particularly the case for non-viral hepatitis related cirrhosis.

In detail, participants who drank two or more cups of coffee each day had a mortality risk that was 66% lower than that of non-daily coffee drinkers.

The researchers note that drinking coffee was not linked with viral hepatitis B related cirrhosis mortality, however.

Dr. Koh says their study is the first to show a difference in coffee's effects on non-viral and viral hepatitis related cirrhosis mortality. He adds:

"This finding resolves the seemingly conflicting results on the effect of coffee in Western and Asian-based studies of death from liver cirrhosis.

?Our finding suggests that while the benefit of coffee may be less apparent in the Asian population where chronic viral hepatitis B predominates currently, this is expected to change as the incidence of non-viral hepatitis related cirrhosis is expected to increase in these regions, accompanying the increasing affluence and westernizing lifestyles amongst their younger populations."

The authors conclude their study by noting that it "provides further impetus to evaluate coffee as a potential therapeutic agent in patients with cirrhosis."

Medical News Today recently reported on research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that suggested though overall caffeine intake has not increased, kids in the US are consuming caffeine from more diverse sources, including both coffee and energy drinks.

Our article on the health benefits of coffee also explores some of the other ways that the beverage can be good for us.

Written by Marie Ellis
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I have to admit that I give my pet mice decaff in the evenings.
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Er, Why? Normal coffee keeps them awake at night? I used to have a dog who loved a cup of tea...
 
hunck said:
I have to admit that I give my pet mice decaff in the evenings.
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Er, Why? Normal coffee keeps them awake at night? I used to have a dog who loved a cup of tea...
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Just a joke. I do take decaff in the evening myself. I had a Jack Russell Terrier when I was a kid and an old man who lived nearby used give Murphys Stout to the dog.
 
Right so let me summarise a bit here:

Coffee is pretty much ossum (TM) except for leaving blokes smelling a bit of wee, but in doing so wards off heart disease and Alzheimer's, while making women up for it.

I'll take me chances :)

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Zilch5 said:
The world's strongest coffee

A New York man is marketing the world's strongest coffee - under the brand name of Death Wish Coffee.

Double the strength of an espresso, Death Wish Coffee even comes with a disclaimer warning drinkers to expect 'many sleepless nights'.
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I tried some of this the other day.



Jesus Christ.




I'll qualify that. I expected it to be very thick and very bitter, but actually it's fairly smooth, tastes like regular Italian roast coffee. It's the hit though - I drink lots of coffee, usually strong from either cafetiere or espresso (ristretto if really struggling), so have a good caffeine tolerance, but this is something else. Not your crappy Red Bull or Rocket Fuel headache-inducing quick hit then quick fall, type but fast-up, and then sustained slow burn. Lots of energy and alertness, and no crash. For a very very long time. Like several hours. I liked it, but wouldn't want to drink it every day.

And it's definitely not worth twenty quid a bag.
 
More good news.

Coffee makes you a better, healthier person

Caffeine helps break down glucose and keep people moral, research says

Drinking coffee could help people become more ethical at work, and stave off diabetes, according to two new studies.

Tired workers are less likely to resist unethical influence from senior colleagues, and the equivalent of a large cup of coffee could help stave off tiredness that can lead to immoral behaviour, claims a new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology.

Sleepy workers are more likely to give into unethical or deceptive requests from their bosses, the study claims. Providing caffeine in the workplace and reducing long hours could help workers avoid ethical lapses, the authors of the study said.

“When you’re sleep deprived at work, it’s much easier to simply go along with unethical suggestions from your boss because resistance takes effort and you’re already worn down,” said David Welsh, one of the authors of the study. “However, we found that caffeine can give sleep-deprived individuals the extra energy needed to resist unethical behavior.”

Measures such as ethical codes of conduct might not be enough to encourage good behaviour if workers are too tired to carry them out, the researchers note.

Another study has found that upping coffee consumption by about 1.5 cups can lower the risk of developing type two diabetes. The ideal amount to stave off the disease is around 3 to 5 cups, researchers said.

The drink contains a number of compounds that improve the body’s ability to break down glucose, which contributes towards diabetes, the study’s authors said.

Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health examined 20 years of data from more than 100,000 people, and found that those that reduced their coffee habit by 8 or more ounces a day — around a cup — saw a 17% hike in their risk of type two diabetes.

Drinking an extra cup or more decreased the risk by 11%. Those that already drank more 24 ounces or more a day and didn’t reduce their consumption for the study were around 37% less likely to be diagnosed with diabetes.
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If coffee makes you moral, what beverage makes you immoral?
 
gncxx said:
If coffee makes you moral, what beverage makes you immoral?
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The Elixir of Life!
Ambrosia!
 
Eh, no, no, not immortal, immoral (no T).
 
Simply out of this World.

Coffee for cosmonauts! First 'ISSpresso' machine to arrive in space

The International Space Station is set to welcome the first coffee machine in space in November. Until now, sleepy astronauts have been surviving only on dry powdered pouch-based products.

The coffee machine, called the ISSpresso, is a joint project developed by Italian coffee company Argotec and the Italian Space Agency.

“We have been thinking about taking espresso into space for some time,” Giuseppe Lavazza, vice president of coffee retailer Lavazza, said in a statement.

“Today we are in a position to overcome the limits of weightlessness and enjoy a good espresso – the indisputable symbol of made in Italy products – on board the International Space Station.”

According to Lavazza, an Italian astronaut aboard the ISS declared that he missed a good Italian espresso. However, at that point, the plan to make space coffee possible was already underway.

The machine weighs some 443 pounds and will arrive at the ISS with Italy’s first female astronaut, Air Force Captain Samantha Cristoforetti. If all goes as planned, she will also be the first person in space to sample coffee from the ISSpresso coffee machine nearly 400km above Earth. ...

http://rt.com/news/166316-space-coffee-machine-iss/
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stuneville said:
I tried some of this the other day.
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Remember: the lighter the color, the more caffiene. There's some from a roasting company around here that's practically blond.

I used to drink four to six cups per day (not of the blond kind); but, it turns out that I have an allergy to the stuff, and to chocolate. Sniff.
 
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