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"HEART HEALTH: Though coffee consumption has been associated with hypertension and elevated homocysteine, one study that followed 41,836 postmenopausal women for fifteen years showed that coffee consumption reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease and other inflammatory conditions. LIVER PROTECTOR: In a study of more than 125,000 people, one cup of coffee per day cut the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis by twenty percent. Four cups per day reduced the risk by eighty percent!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Another explanation came to light in a recently published Norwegian study140 that indicated a dose-response between coffee consumption and blood homocysteine levels: the larger the coffee intake, the greater the homocysteine levels. Homocysteine is formed during the breakdown of certain amino acids and is known to increase the risk of heart disease when it accumulates in the blood. Alcohol. Many sweeping statements have been made about the benefits of alcohol in preventing heart disease." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Folsom AR, Parker ED, Pereira MA. coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: an 11 -year prospective study of 28,812 postmenopausal women. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 26;166(12):1311-1316. Klatsky AL, Morton C, Udaltsova N, Friedman GD. Coffee, cirrhosis, and transaminase enzymes. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 12;166( 11): 1190—1195. Lee WJ, Zhu BT. Inhibition of DNA methylation by caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid, two common catechol-containing coffee polyphenols. Carcinogenesis. 2006 Feb; 27(2):269-277. Paluska SA. Caffeine and exercise. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2003 Aug;2(4):213-219." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Van Dam RM, Hu FB. coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review. JAMA. 2005 lul 6;294(1):97-104. Corn www.resistantstarch.com; www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/corn Adorn KK, Liu RH. Antioxidant activity of grains. / Agric Food Chem. 2002;50: 6182-6187. Bauer-Marinovic M, Florian S, Muller-Schmehl K, Glatt H, lacobasch G. Dietary resistant starch type 3 prevents tumor induction by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and alters proliferation, apoptosis and dedifferentiation in rat colon. Carcinogenesis. 2006 Apr 20. Bazzano LA, He J, Odgen LG et al." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"In fact, a recent study found that the following factors are to be correlated to increased hypertension: excessive sodium intake, low potassium intake, physical inactivity, low intake of fish oil, low calcium intake, low magnesium intake, excessive coffee consumption, and excessive alcohol intake.34 Dietary and lifestyle changes are the foundations of heart disease prevention and treatment. Dr. Dean Ornish and his team of researchers conducted the first significant clinical trial to determine whether comprehensive lifestyle changes affect coronary atherosclerosis. Dr." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Not to worry. coffee consumption is safe in this and other studies (Wil-lett et al. 1996). It may even prevent you from being labeled as diabetic (van Dam and Hu 2005). It has been very difficult to pin any blame on coffee or other caffeinated beverages in multiple studies. Even in the Nurses' Health Study, there is no discernible association between habitual caffeine intake and coronary heart disease (Winklemayer et al. 2005). 3. Fiber is good for men's hearts, we are told." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Higher coffee consumption is associated with higher homocysteine levels. þAlcoholics have highly elevated homocysteine concentrations. Wine and hard liquor have been shown to raise concentrations—but there seems to be a loophole for beer, which seems to have no effect. Some researchers have suggested that the folate (folic acid) and B6 in beer might help counteract the homocysteine-raising effects of the alcohol. - IS THERE REALLY "GOOD" CHOLESTEROL?" - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"When the data from the Nurses' Health Study was examined, higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes [131]. In this study, both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, but not tea, consumption were associated with lower risk for diabetes. They also looked at components of coffee and found that caffeine intake was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Although not explored in this study, the authors discussed the possibility that beneficial effects of coffee components other than caffeine might contribute." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "These observations are interesting, but coffee consumption cannot be recommended as a preventive measure for type 2 diabetes. Several botanical products and a number of medicinal/ culinary herbs have been reported to improve glucose metabolism and alter plasma lipid concentrations. For example, cinnamon and its ability to improve glucose and lipid concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes has been reported and picked up by popular publications [133]. However, a follow-up study in adolescents with type 1 diabetes failed to show improvement in glycosylated hemoglobin concentrations [134]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Increased coffee consumption was associated with an increased risk of squamous cell and small cell lung carcinomas in men. Increased consumption of dried or salted fish was not beneficial for men or women. The researchers speculate that processing destroys the beneficial omega-3 oils present in raw and cooked fish. Eat your sushi, especially salmon, herring, and tuna. A Sure Thing? There have been a number of epidemiologic population studies to determine the influence of fish consumption on cancer risk and mortality. Unfortunately, the results have been mixed and contradictory." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"The researchers explained this disappointing negative result as "confounding by unmeasured factors" (Ascherio and colleagues, "Dietary Intake of Marine n-3 Fatty Acids," 1995). • coffee consumption was safe in this and other studies (Willett and colleagues, "Coffee Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease," 1996). • Fibre is good for men's hearts. But this study massages the data to the same extent as the fish study above, to come up with significant reductions in relative risk." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

"Coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: A systemic review. JAMA 294, 97-104. 129. Faerch, K., Lau, C, Tetens, I., Pedersen, O. B., Jorgensen, T., Borch-Johnsen, K., and Glulmer, C. (2005). A statistical approach based on substitution of macronutrients provides additional information to models analyzing single dietary factor in the relation to type 2 diabetes in Danish adults: The Inter99 study. J. Nutr. 135, 1177-1182. 130. Greenberg, J. A., Axen, K. V., Schnoll, R., and Boozer, C. N. (2005). Coffee, tea and diabetes: The role of weight loss and caffeine. Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Smith B et al. Does coffee consumption reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in individuals with impaired glucose? Diabetes Care 2005; 29:2385-90. Song DU et al. Effect of drinking green tea on age-associated accumulation of Maillard-type fluorescence and carbonyl groups in rat aortic and skin collagen. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002 Jan 15; 397(2):424-29. Song EK et al. Epigallocatechin gallate prevents autoimmune diabetes induced by multiple low doses of streptozotocin in mice. Arch Pharm Res 2003 Jul; 26(7):559-63. Song KH et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Coffee consumption was safe in this and other studies (Willett and colleagues, "Coffee Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease," 1996). • Fibre is good for men's hearts. But this study massages the data to the same extent as the fish study above, to come up with significant reductions in relative risk. Absolute risk reduction is trivial (Rimm and colleagues, "Vegetable, Fruit and Cereal Fiber Intake and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease," 1996)." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

"Pereira M et al. coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: An 11-year prospective study of 28,812 postmenopausal women. Arch Intern Med 2006; 166:1311 -16. Pi-Sunyer FX. The role of viscous soluble fiber in the metabolic control of diabetes. A review with special emphasis on cereals rich in beta-glucan. Diabetes Care 1997 Nov; 29(11): 1774-80. Pittas AG, Dawson-Hughes B et al. Vitamin D and calcium intake in relation to type 2 diabetes in women. Diabetes Care 2006 Mar; 29(3):650-56. Pittas AG et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Several studies suggest that coffee consumption (the coffee beverage is made from the roasted seeds of the coffee berry) helps with blood glucose control and other diabetes-related problems. Results of a twelve-year study of more than twelve thousand middle-aged adults who did not have diabetes at the start of the study found that those who drank four or more cups of coffee daily were one-third less likely to develop type 2 diabetes during the study period. This study, published in December 2006, followed others that reported similar findings, and the studies continue." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Evidence-Based Summary of Articles Demonstrating the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Food Allergy Treatments for Anxiety and/or Related Psychiatric Syndromes Reference Study Information Grade 5 Case report demonstrating a relationship between C coffee consumption and anxiety. 6 In a study involving 21 anxiety patients and 17 normal CO controls, behavioral ratings, somatic symptoms, blood pressure, and plasma levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenethyleneglycol (MHPG) and Cortisol were assessed in all subjects after the oral administration of 10 mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight." - Dr. Jonathan Prousky, BPHE, BSc, ND, FRSH, Anxiety: Orthomolecular Diagnosis and Treatment (Get the book.)

"Common causes of headache include stress; tension; anxiety; allergies; constipation; coffee consumption; eyestrain; hunger; sinus pressure; muscle tension; hormonal imbalances; temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome; trauma to the head; nutritional deficiencies; the use of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco; fever; and exposure to irritants such as pollution, perfume, or aftershave lotions. (See Types of Headaches on page 458.) Migraines result from a disturbance in the blood circulation in the head. (See migraine in Part Two." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"The effect of coffee consumption on serum cholesterol levels. J Manipulative Physiol Ther (1993), 16: 327-335 Martin E, Cholesterolspiegel erhohender Faktor in Kaffeelipiden. In: DAZ 130(42):2376. 1990. Mensink RP, Lebbink WJ, Lobbezoo IE, Weusten-Van der Wouw MP, Zock PL, Katan MB, Diterpene composition of oils from Arabica and Robusta coffee beans and their effects on serum lipids in man. J Intern Med, 237:543-50, 1995 Jun. Phillips R, Smith D, Characterization of coffea canephora atpha-D-galactosidase blood group B activity." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Tea and coffee consumption and the risk of digestive tract cancers: data from a comparative case-referent study in Japan. Cancer Causes Control; 9:209-216. 1998. Iso H, Date C, Kenji W, et al. The relationship between Green Tea and total caffeine intake and risk for self-reported type 2 diabetes among Japanese adults. Ann Intern Med; 144 (8): 554-562. 2006. Jain AK, Shimoi K, Nakamura Y, Kada T, Hana Y, Tomita J. Crude tea extracts decrease the mutagenic activity of N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in-vitro and in gastric tract of rats. In: Mutat Res 210(1)1-8. 1989." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"One or two cups of coffee daily may be all right for many people, but the risk of developing multiple health problems increases with greater coffee consumption. Likewise, research on alcohol consumption is conflicting. Red wine may have some general health benefits, but beer and spirits do not. Alcohol stresses the liver, which breaks down the alcohol. Large amounts of alcohol, as with sugar and carbs, deplete vitamin Bl levels and can lead to a deficiency." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"At this time, it appears to me that moderate coffee consumption has more in its favor than against it. Cranberry Juice Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman is one of America's best-known nutritionists and the author of more than a dozen books. (In fact, she's fondly known in America as "the first lady of nutrition.") Anyone who's read her knows that she's a huge fan of unsweetened cranberry juice. Her famous "Fat Flush" plan relies on copious amounts of "cran-water," which is a mix of the unsweetened juice diluted with fresh water in a 1:8 ratio. "Fat Flushers" drink this stuff all day long." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.) "Nonetheless, chronic coffee consumption may raise blood sugar slightly, though what that really means from a weight loss point of view is very much in doubt. Chlorogenic acid—that same antioxidant in coffee that we've been talking about—reduces the absorption of new glucose and actually slows the release of sugar into the bloodstream after a meal. Caffeine, however, counters this effect—so decaf would be a great choice for diabetics and others concerned about raising blood sugar." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Nygard O, Refsum H, Velanb PM, et al. coffee consumption and plasma total homocysteine: The Hordaland Homocysteine Study. Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 65: 136-43. 45. Rosmarin PC, Applegate WB, Somes GW. coffee consumption and serum lipids: a randomized, crossover clinical trial. Am J Med 1990; 88: 349-56. 46. Regular or decaf? coffee consumption and serum lipoproteins. Nutr Rev 1992; 50: 175-78 [review]. 47. Dai WS, Laporte RE, Horn DL, et al. Alcohol consumption and high density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration among alcoholics. Am J Epidemiol 1985; 122: 620-27. 48." - Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC, The Natural Pharmacy: Complete Home Reference to Natural Medicine (Get the book.)

"Caffeine appears to be the protective ingredient, as decaffeinated coffee consumption was not linked with any protection. People at risk for gallstones who wish to consider increasing coffee drinking to reduce risks should talk with a doctor beforehand. Caffeinated beverages can aggravate symptoms of insomnia (page 270), peptic ulcer (page 349), panic attacks (page 30), and a variety of other conditions. Constipation (page 137) has been linked to the risk of forming gallstones.10 When constipation is successfully resolved, it has reduced the risk of gallstone formation." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Excess caffeine will also deplete the ATP-stored energy in the brain and the body—a possible contributing factor for shorter attention span in the younger, cola-consuming generation, or chronic fatigue syndrome as a result of excess coffee consumption in later life. Excess caffeine intake will eventually exhaust the heart muscle because of its overstimulation. . . . Recently, in some experimental models, it has been shown that caffeine inhibits a most important enzyme system—PDE (phos-pho-di-esterease)—that is involved in the process of learning and development." - Timothy Brantley, The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life (Get the book.)

"Although diabetics need to be careful about coffee consumption, healthy people who drink a lot of coffee—6 or 7 cups a day—lower their risk of developing type 2 diabetes significantly, by about 35 percent.215 It's not completely clear why coffee has such an effect, but it doesn't seem to be the caffeine. In fact, caffeine alone reduces insulin sensitivity.216 Drinking either caffeinated or decaf coffee lowers the likelihood of impaired glucose tolerance in people who don't yet have diabetes. Perhaps it is the chlorogenic acid, a coffee com- *?" - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"It also cut taste, leading to a slow decline in coffee consumption during the 1950s and 1960s. More recently, robustas have made a comeback as an addition to espresso blends. The highly caffeinated robustas throw off an attractive crema that makes the espresso look more, well, European, like an espresso should. Since most roasters use very dark roasts for espresso, the bitterness of the robusta can be hidden in the bitterness of the roast. But the robusta trees of Wonosari were not the cheesy, quick, and dirty ones I had seen elsewhere in Asia." - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.)

"Lifestyle changes that may be helpful According to a recent study, both cigarette smoking and coffee consumption were associated with increased homocysteine levels.30 These findings are consistent with studies that have found both smoking and caffeine consumption to be associated with an increased risk of both cardiovascular disease (page 98) and osteoporosis (page 333). The link between coffee and increased homocysteine has been confirmed by some researchers,31 but not others." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

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