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I'm seeing new creative possibilities with this iPhone thing. Maybe it's time to start this again?

More Good News: Coffee may be good for the heart!

Overall results showed that consuming more than six cups of tea per day was associated with a 36% lower risk of death from heart disease compared to consuming less than one cup of tea per day. There appeared to be no such protective effect of tea-drinking at any amount for risk of death from stroke. Among coffee drinkers, more moderate consumption levels (2-3 cups per day) were associated with the greatest risk reduction for death from heart disease (21%) compared to drinking less than one cup of coffee per day.

Read more at FYI Living: http://fyiliving.com/nutrition/special-diets/why-our-heart-loves-coffee-and-tea/#ixzz0uDaNpy9B

What Caffiene Actually Does to the Brain

Excellent article on the effects of caffeine.

How to brew a good cup of coffee!

This is a truly impressive way to make coffee:

How to Brew a Good Cup of Coffee from Ben Helfen on Vimeo.

Though to be perfectly honest, I'm not convinced it's not a prank.

Coffee Improves Athletic Performance

According to the New York Times:

Starting as long ago as 1978, researchers have been publishing caffeine studies. And in study after study, they concluded that caffeine actually does improve performance. In fact, some experts, like Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky of McMaster University in Canada, are just incredulous that anyone could even ask if caffeine has a performance effect.

“There is so much data on this that it’s unbelievable,” he said. “It’s just unequivocal that caffeine improves performance. It’s been shown in well-respected labs in multiple places around the world.”

I start my day with 20 ounces of coffee before biking 7.5 miles into work (weather permitting). I thought I was just being stubborn & not willing to give up my coffee addiction. Growing up I always heard about how bad coffee was, and how it dehydrated you and was bad for athletes and all that. It's nice to know I'm doing something right!

Coffee fights Diabetes

According to the Archives of Internal Medicine:

Individuals who drink more coffee (regular or decaffeinated) or tea appear to have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of previous studies reported in the December 14/28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

If this keeps up, I'm going to be superhuman!

Coffee could help cut prostate cancer!

"It found the heaviest consumers had a 60% lower risk of aggressive tumours than men who did not drink any coffee." Good news!

Drinking Coffee Reduces Alzheimer's Risk

Good news from Finland:

"Middle-aged people who drank between three and five cups of coffee a day lowered their risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease by between 60 and 65 percent later in life," said lead researcher on the project, Miia Kivipelto, a professor at the University of Kuopio in Finland and at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.