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Caffeine, the Good the Bad & the Ugly!
Depending on who you choose to believe, and depending on if you really
enjoy that cup of coffee, you get your choice of reports concerning coffee and caffeine.
In a recent French study at the French National Health Medical Institute a researcher
found that "moderate amounts" of coffee consumed increased energy while having
little chance of addiction. These researchers state that caffeine has no effect on the
brain centers that could cause addiction. The only flaw with this study is that it was
done with rats! Which leads us to the question of just what is a moderate amount of coffee
for a rat?
In a seperate study at Duke University Medical Center, researchers
found that people (not rats in this one) who drink four to five cups of coffee in the
morning forced their blood pressure higher as well as increasing their stress levels all
day into the evening. According to this study, even a moderate amount of coffee makes a
person react as if they are having a very stressful day. So the question is, "to
drink, or not to drink". Your answer probably depends on whose study you believe
and how much you really like coffee. |