RE: more good news about coffee

[Guest guest]

I find it a wonder food! Tastes great! Stimulates the mind and body! A true

smart drug!

>From: Francesca Skelton <fskelton@...>

>Reply-

>support group < >

>Subject: [ ] more good news about coffee

>Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 16:55:01 -0500

>

>Researchers have found more benefits to drinking coffee. Reported in J of

>AMA, 3-4 cups of coffee a day reduces the chances of type 2 diabetes

>significantly.

>

>Is coffee turning out to be a " wonder " food?

>

>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt

>=Abstract & list_uids=14706966

>

[Guest guest]

This effect and others, pro and con were discussed right here a few weeks

ago.

Coffee in moderation is probably health neutral, but IMO a significant QOL

plus.

JR

-----Original Message-----

From: Francesca Skelton [mailto:fskelton@...]

Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 3:55 PM

support group

Subject: [ ] more good news about coffee

Researchers have found more benefits to drinking coffee. Reported in J of

AMA, 3-4 cups of coffee a day reduces the chances of type 2 diabetes

significantly.

Is coffee turning out to be a " wonder " food?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt

=Abstract & list_uids=14706966

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

See:

Coffee Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Middle-

aged Finnish Men and Women

Jaakko Tuomilehto; Gang Hu; Siamak Bidel; Jaana Lindström; Pekka

Jousilahti

JAMA. 2004;291:1213-1219.

Context Only a few studies of coffee consumption and diabetes

mellitus (DM) have been reported, even though coffee is the most

consumed beverage in the world.

Objective To determine the relationship between coffee consumption

and the incidence of type 2 DM among Finnish individuals, who have

the highest coffee consumption in the world.

Design, Setting, and Participants A prospective study from combined

surveys conducted in 1982, 1987, and 1992 of 6974 Finnish men and

7655 women aged 35 to 64 years without history of stroke, coronary

heart disease, or DM at baseline, with 175 682 person-years of follow-

up. Coffee consumption and other study parameters were determined at

baseline using standardized measurements.

Main Outcome Measures Hazard ratios (HRs) for the incidence of type

2 DM were estimated for different levels of daily coffee consumption.

Results During a mean follow-up of 12 years, there were 381 incident

cases of type 2 DM. After adjustment for confounding factors (age,

study year, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, education,

occupational, commuting and leisure-time physical activity, alcohol

and tea consumption, and smoking), the HRs of DM associated with the

amount of coffee consumed daily (0-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-9, 10 cups) were

1.00, 0.71 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.48-1.05), 0.39 (95% CI,

0.25-0.60), 0.39 (95% CI, 0.20-0.74), and 0.21 (95% CI, 0.06-0.69) (P

for trend<.001) in women, and 1.00, 0.73 (95% CI, 0.47-1.13), 0.70

(95% CI, 0.45-1.05), 0.67 (95% CI, 0.40-1.12), and 0.45 (95% CI, 0.25-

0.81) (P for trend = .12) in men, respectively. In both sexes

combined, the multivariate-adjusted inverse association was

significant (P for trend <.001) and persisted when stratified by

younger and older than 50 years; smokers and never smokers; healthy

weight, overweight, and obese participants; alcohol drinker and

nondrinker; and participants drinking filtered and nonfiltered

coffee.

Conclusion Coffee drinking has a graded inverse association with the

risk of type 2 DM; however, the reasons for this risk reduction

associated with coffee remain unclear.

Cheers, Al Pater.

> I find it a wonder food! Tastes great! Stimulates the mind and

body! A true

> smart drug!

>

>

> >From: Francesca Skelton <fskelton@e...>

> >Reply-

> >support group < >

> >Subject: [ ] more good news about coffee

> >Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 16:55:01 -0500

> >

> >Researchers have found more benefits to drinking coffee. Reported

in J of

> >AMA, 3-4 cups of coffee a day reduces the chances of type 2

diabetes

> >significantly.

> >

> >Is coffee turning out to be a " wonder " food?

> >

> >http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt

> >=Abstract & list_uids=14706966

> >