Coffee Tied to Inflammation, Perhaps Heart Disease

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Health - Reuters

 

 

Coffee Tied to Inflammation, Perhaps Heart Disease

Tue Oct 19, 1:19 PM ET Health - Reuters

 

 

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consuming moderate-to-high amounts of

coffee is associated with increased levels of several inflammatory

markers, a finding that could help explain previous reports linking

the beverage to heart disease.

 

 

Ongoing, low-level inflammation is thought to be an underlying

factor in the development of heart disease.

 

 

The latest findings, which appear in the American Journal of

Clinical Nutrition (news - web sites), are based on a study of about

3000 subjects with no history of cardiovascular disease.

 

A food-frequency questionnaire was used to assess coffee intake, and

blood samples were tested for levels of various compounds that are

known to promote, or are a marker of, inflammation.

 

 

Compared with subjects who did not drink coffee, those who consumed

more than about 1 cup of the beverage per day had significantly

higher levels of all the inflammatory markers tested, Dr.

Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, from Harokopio University in Athens,

and colleagues report.

 

 

The results held true even after factoring in age, gender, smoking,

body weight, physical activity, and other potential confounders, the

researchers point out.

 

 

 

 

 

SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2004.

[Guest guest]

HEY!, maybe it's not the coffee (try organically grown), but the

artificial sweetners gulped down at the same time...gimme a break!!!

 

 

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" JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo

 

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:18 PM

Coffee Tied to Inflammation, Perhaps

Heart Disease

 

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> Health - Reuters

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> Coffee Tied to Inflammation, Perhaps Heart Disease

> Tue Oct 19, 1:19 PM ET Health - Reuters

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> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consuming moderate-to-high amounts of

> coffee is associated with increased levels of several inflammatory

> markers, a finding that could help explain previous reports linking

> the beverage to heart disease.

>

>

> Ongoing, low-level inflammation is thought to be an underlying

> factor in the development of heart disease.

>

>

> The latest findings, which appear in the American Journal of

> Clinical Nutrition (news - web sites), are based on a study of about

> 3000 subjects with no history of cardiovascular disease.

>

> A food-frequency questionnaire was used to assess coffee intake, and

> blood samples were tested for levels of various compounds that are

> known to promote, or are a marker of, inflammation.

>

>

> Compared with subjects who did not drink coffee, those who consumed

> more than about 1 cup of the beverage per day had significantly

> higher levels of all the inflammatory markers tested, Dr.

> Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, from Harokopio University in Athens,

> and colleagues report.

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> The results held true even after factoring in age, gender, smoking,

> body weight, physical activity, and other potential confounders, the

> researchers point out.

>

 

> SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2004.

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