Archive for the Coffee and Health Category


Pros and Cons of Adding Milk to Your Coffee

Depending on the coffee you are brewing, y cup of Java can be somewhat acidic. What we typically do in this case is add milk or cream to our coffee. Is this practice good, bad, or does it not even matter? How Is Adding Milk to Your Coffee a Good Thing? Folks who experience gastritis […]

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Can Coffee Raise Your Cholesterol Level?

Coffee has a whole host of positive effects on our health. One of these positive effects is that drinking from one to five cups of coffee a day over the years is associated with a lower incidence of heart disease including rhythm problems and heart failure. Thus it may be surprising to learn that coffee […]

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Does Coffee Cause or Prevent Cancer?

A few years ago (2018) a California court ruled that coffee sold in the state needed to come with a warning label saying that it could cause cancer. What was this all about and is it true that coffee can cause cancer? The ruling was based on a California law what says that if a […]

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Does Coffee Cause or Prevent Cancer?

Should coffee drinkers be concerned about the safety of coffee or plan to drink more to reduce their cancer risk.

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Coffee and Your Mental Health

What are ways in which coffee and your mental health are related? Some of the effects of coffee have to do with its caffeine content. Others appear to be related to the many healthy antioxidants found in coffee.

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How Much Does Coffee Help Your Health?

Specifically, how much does coffee help your health in terms of percentage reduction of specific health conditions and diseases?

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Drinking Coffee and Breast Feeding

Are there limits to how much coffee a nursing mother should drink?

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Coffee and Health Facts Versus Fantasy

Coffee has a lot of health benefits. However, it is not a miracle drug or drink. In this regard it is useful to sort out coffee and health facts versus fantasy.

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Coffee Antioxidants and Your Health

We have given a bit of thought to coffee antioxidants and your health. The first thing to consider is oxidation and why too much of it can be a bad thing.

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How Coffee Affects the GI Tract

The fact is that there are quite a few gi effects of drinking coffee, both positive and negative. That being the case, we present a short summary of how coffee affects the GI tract.

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