| Re: Okay, a slightly different question . . . |
City University of New Y .. |
| Chris Thompson (rockwallaby@REMOVEhotmail.com) |
2004/12/16 05:12 |
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From: Chris Thompson <rockwallaby@REMOVEhotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Okay, a slightly different question . . .
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:12:55 +0000 (UTC)
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"Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com> wrote in news:cprkdn$8d5$0@pita.alt.net:
> This is not about origins, but is all about tapping into the
> scientific knowledge, scepticism and interest in the status of
> knowledge versus urban myth that exists in this group.
>
> The background to my question is basically this. My business partner
> has been trying to get me to stop drinking coffee, saying that
> caffeine is not healthy and now has introduced chicory-based non
> caffeinated "coffee" into the company instead of the traditional
> coffee. I now have to keep illicit supplies of Davidoff coffee hidden
> in my desk. After all, I have been drinking strong coffee since the
> age of 14 and I have never had any ill effects from it. In fact I can
> even drink it before going to sleep with no disturbance to my ability
> to fall asleep. If I've been up in the morning for about three hours
> and still haven't had one, I get a headache.
>
> So my question is: Is there even any evidence that caffeine is
> necessarily harmful? Can it be that it only harms some people and not
> others? What is the negative effect on the environment if one person
> drinks and others don't - is there something like 'passive coffee
> drinking' analogous to passive smoking?
>
> Having scourged all the smokers in our company, he now wants to start
> on the coffee drinkers as well. I asked him when he was going to
> start banning masturbation on business trips, but he didn't quite get
> my sarcasm.
>
> Any data that is peer reviewed and authoritative that I can use to
> educate myself and maybe him in this matter are greatly appreciated.
>
> Uncle Davey
>
>
>
>
There was a study a while back that indicated moderate coffee
consumption significantly reduced colon cancer rates. If you buy into
the idea (and it might not be a bad one) that many colon cancers stem
from ingested toxins, the stimulant of coffee speeding material through
the large intestine (and thus reducing the time it is exposed to said
toxins) it makes a bit of sense. I don't have a ref handy, but you
should be able to Google it.
Chris
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