Via the AP: Study Questions Health Effects of Decaf
Fresh questions are percolating about the health effects of coffee, this time the decaffeinated variety. One of the first substantial studies to test it like a drug instead of just asking people how much of it they consumed found higher blood levels of cholesterol-precursor fats in those drinking decaf vs. regular coffee or none at all.[...]
The result: decaf drinkers had modestly higher levels — 8 to 18 percent — of fatty acids and precursors of LDL or bad cholesterol than the others.
See! Decaf is evil
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November 18th, 2005 at 9:20 am
I posted on this yesterday. Here is a pdf link to the full report
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3035301
November 18th, 2005 at 12:14 pm
I haven’t read the full report or even looked at the article you link to, but the problem isn’t so much decaf itself, as the beans they make it from. If your decaf comes from Arabica beans it’s ok. Robusto beans are the problem, decaf or not. At least that’s my understanding of it.
Just for the record, I have reentered caffeine and coffee heaven. It’s a nice place. I may stay awhile. I’ve decided grad school doesn’t mesh with a caffeine free lifestyle. One or the other had to go.
November 18th, 2005 at 2:24 pm
Decaf is evil? Maybe, but the more important conclusion I would offer is that it’s pointless.
November 20th, 2005 at 2:33 am
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