The Benefits of Solid Research
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Raise your income by drinking a whooooole lot of this. |
Coffee or green tea?
The question used to make that angel-devil combo pop up on my shoulders.
"Green tea is sooooo much healthier," my angel would coo.
"AND it's traditional." She'd drag out that last word in her sweet sarcasm that makes me want to punch her in her cherub.
"The coffee," my devil would growl, like he already knew he was going to win.
"Coffee milk coffee sugar coffee coffee coffee!!"
I used to listen to my angel much more often. I blame the kids.
Thanks to
the findings of this new study the sides of my conscience don't have to argue anymore.
Drinking Coffee, Green Tea Lowers Health Risks, Study Suggests
Yes,
according to Japan’s National Cancer Center, "a study of about 90,000 people aged between 40 and 69 suggests that regularly drinking the beverages may lower health risks including death from heart and cerebrovascular diseases."
Wow, 90,000 subjects. That's a pretty reliable sample size.
The article goes on to explain how "the cancer center and the University of Tokyo followed the drinking habits and health of the people for an average period of 19 years in the study, which started in 1990."
Hot dog, 19 years! These people are mighty patient and thorough. And we can assume, nicely funded.
"The participants only supplied their coffee and green tea drinking habits at the beginning of the study."
WHAT?? Chotto matte, patient and thorough National Cancer Center people. You asked 90,000 people what they drank the day before, checked in on them 19 years later and now you proudly "suggest" my angel-devil team can just turn in their wings and their pitchforks?
If this is what passes for research then allow me to proudly suggest a few of my own findings.