“Move over, green tea? Recent studies indicate that coffee drinkers are
less likely to develop Alzheimer’s, colon cancer, and diabetes compared
to non-drinkers, and they’re also less apt to die from heart disease.”
less likely to develop Alzheimer’s, colon cancer, and diabetes compared
to non-drinkers, and they’re also less apt to die from heart disease.”
So begins Dan Fields’ wonderful new Beliefnet gallery, “10 Hidden Health Secrets of Coffee.”
As Fields points out–and as researchers are rightly quick to note–there are risks associated with drinking coffee, from the insomnia and anxiety that caffeine can cause to the largely observational nature of some of the research on coffee’s health benefits.
But coffee drinkers can celebrate the many studies that have shown positive relationships between a hot cup of java and a significant number of health conditions. So pour a steaming cup and drink to your health.