coffee

Its not a new concept, but the story on NPR today introduced a new form factor for me - elephants: Anyway, after sharing the usual "what the hell is wrong with people?" words with my colleague, she said something along the lines of "can't they simply replicate the conditions of the elephants...

I've been hearing a lot about coffee being beneficial to the liver for a while. Now there is a study that says 4-6 cups a day can reduce the chance of gout. http://www.webmd.com/news/20070525/coffee-lowers-gout-risk

I have heard that if you do not filter coffee through a paper filter, say in a french press, that is has high levels of oils that raise cholesterol. Is this true or BS?

I’m something of a coffee connoisseur. We buy our coffee whole bean, grind it by hand and brew it one cup at a time. From taste, I can tell the difference between coffee grown in South America, Africa, Hawaii, or Indonesia. I've seen these advertisements here and there and I find them...

THE British coffee industry launched a campaign today to counter confusion about the benefits of the popular drink. The British Coffee Association (BCA), which represents coffee manufacturers in the UK, said it wanted to raise awareness of the health benefits of coffee. It said the majority...

Aside from getting into a medical question of interest to me as a voluminous coffee-drinker, this topic also gets into the area of subjective vs. objective evidence which has been raised in many threads in different areas of this forum. OK, let me start here: http://bicyclecoffeesystems.com/...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031015031251.htm Here's the latest fad health/food research: You'll pardon me if I ignore this study, just like all the other fad health/food studies.