| Re: Okay, a slightly different question . . . |
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| Uncle Davey (noway@jose.com) |
2004/12/16 06:12 |
> "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
>
Thanks for that.
Davey
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