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Ascherio A et al. coffee consumption, gender, and Parkinson's disease mortality in the cancer prevention study II cohort: the modifying effects of estrogen. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Nov 15;160(10):977-984. Buijsse B, Giampaoli S, Kalmijn S, Kromhout D, Nissinen A, Tijhuis M, van Gelder BM. coffee consumption is inversely associated with cognitive decline in elderly European men: the FINE study., Eur / Clin Nutr. 2006 Aug 16. Folsom AR, Parker ED, Pereira MA. coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: an 11 -year prospective study of 28,812 postmenopausal women. Arch Intern Med.

HEART HEALTH: Though coffee consumption has been associated with hypertension and elevated homocysteine, one study that followed 41,836 postmenopausal women for fifteen years showed that coffee consumption reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease and other inflammatory conditions. LIVER PROTECTOR: In a study of more than 125,000 people, one cup of coffee per day cut the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis by twenty percent. Four cups per day reduced the risk by eighty percent!

Buijsse B, Giampaoli S, Kalmijn S, Kromhout D, Nissinen A, Tijhuis M, van Gelder BM. coffee consumption is inversely associated with cognitive decline in elderly European men: the FINE study., Eur / Clin Nutr. 2006 Aug 16. Folsom AR, Parker ED, Pereira MA. coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: an 11 -year prospective study of 28,812 postmenopausal women. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 26;166(12):1311-1316. Klatsky AL, Morton C, Udaltsova N, Friedman GD. Coffee, cirrhosis, and transaminase enzymes. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 12;166( 11): 1190—1195. Lee WJ, Zhu BT.

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Another explanation came to light in a recently published Norwegian study140 that indicated a dose-response between coffee consumption and blood homocysteine levels: the larger the coffee intake, the greater the homocysteine levels. Homocysteine is formed during the breakdown of certain amino acids and is known to increase the risk of heart disease when it accumulates in the blood. Alcohol. Many sweeping statements have been made about the benefits of alcohol in preventing heart disease.

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Folsom AR, Parker ED, Pereira MA. coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: an 11 -year prospective study of 28,812 postmenopausal women. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 26;166(12):1311-1316. Klatsky AL, Morton C, Udaltsova N, Friedman GD. Coffee, cirrhosis, and transaminase enzymes. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 12;166( 11): 1190—1195. Lee WJ, Zhu BT. Inhibition of DNA methylation by caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid, two common catechol-containing coffee polyphenols. Carcinogenesis. 2006 Feb; 27(2):269-277. Paluska SA. Caffeine and exercise. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2003 Aug;2(4):213-219.

Van Dam RM, Hu FB. coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review. JAMA. 2005 lul 6;294(1):97-104. Corn www.resistantstarch.com; www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/corn Adorn KK, Liu RH. Antioxidant activity of grains. / Agric Food Chem. 2002;50: 6182-6187. Bauer-Marinovic M, Florian S, Muller-Schmehl K, Glatt H, lacobasch G. Dietary resistant starch type 3 prevents tumor induction by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and alters proliferation, apoptosis and dedifferentiation in rat colon. Carcinogenesis. 2006 Apr 20. Bazzano LA, He J, Odgen LG et al.

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Smith B et al. Does coffee consumption reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in individuals with impaired glucose? Diabetes Care 2005; 29:2385-90. Song DU et al. Effect of drinking green tea on age-associated accumulation of Maillard-type fluorescence and carbonyl groups in rat aortic and skin collagen. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002 Jan 15; 397(2):424-29. Song EK et al. Epigallocatechin gallate prevents autoimmune diabetes induced by multiple low doses of streptozotocin in mice. Arch Pharm Res 2003 Jul; 26(7):559-63. Song KH et al.

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At this time, it appears to me that moderate coffee consumption has more in its favor than against it. Cranberry Juice Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman is one of America's best-known nutritionists and the author of more than a dozen books. (In fact, she's fondly known in America as "the first lady of nutrition.") Anyone who's read her knows that she's a huge fan of unsweetened cranberry juice. Her famous "Fat Flush" plan relies on copious amounts of "cran-water," which is a mix of the unsweetened juice diluted with fresh water in a 1:8 ratio. "Fat Flushers" drink this stuff all day long.

Nonetheless, chronic coffee consumption may raise blood sugar slightly, though what that really means from a weight loss point of view is very much in doubt. Chlorogenic acid—that same antioxidant in coffee that we've been talking about—reduces the absorption of new glucose and actually slows the release of sugar into the bloodstream after a meal. Caffeine, however, counters this effect—so decaf would be a great choice for diabetics and others concerned about raising blood sugar.

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In fact, a recent study found that the following factors are to be correlated to increased hypertension: excessive sodium intake, low potassium intake, physical inactivity, low intake of fish oil, low calcium intake, low magnesium intake, excessive coffee consumption, and excessive alcohol intake.34 Dietary and lifestyle changes are the foundations of heart disease prevention and treatment. Dr. Dean Ornish and his team of researchers conducted the first significant clinical trial to determine whether comprehensive lifestyle changes affect coronary atherosclerosis. Dr.

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One or two cups of coffee daily may be all right for many people, but the risk of developing multiple health problems increases with greater coffee consumption. Likewise, research on alcohol consumption is conflicting. Red wine may have some general health benefits, but beer and spirits do not. Alcohol stresses the liver, which breaks down the alcohol. Large amounts of alcohol, as with sugar and carbs, deplete vitamin Bl levels and can lead to a deficiency.

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Tea and coffee consumption and the risk of digestive tract cancers: data from a comparative case-referent study in Japan. Cancer Causes Control; 9:209-216. 1998. Iso H, Date C, Kenji W, et al. The relationship between Green Tea and total caffeine intake and risk for self-reported type 2 diabetes among Japanese adults. Ann Intern Med; 144 (8): 554-562. 2006. Jain AK, Shimoi K, Nakamura Y, Kada T, Hana Y, Tomita J. Crude tea extracts decrease the mutagenic activity of N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in-vitro and in gastric tract of rats. In: Mutat Res 210(1)1-8. 1989.

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Clean your colon weekly to prevent irritation and excess acid in the bowel caused by regular coffee consumption. • Use natural unbleached filters in drip coffee makers to reduce your exposure to bleaching agents. • If you drink decaffeinated coffee, be aware that most of the major brands use chemicals to decaffeinate their product even when they claim to be "naturally decaffeinated." • If your children are addicted to caffeine, please help them quit now! Otherwise, they may deal with this drug addiction for the rest of their lives. How Does Alcohol Cause Colon Toxins?

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The effect of coffee consumption on serum cholesterol levels. J Manipulative Physiol Ther (1993), 16: 327-335 Martin E, Cholesterolspiegel erhohender Faktor in Kaffeelipiden. In: DAZ 130(42):2376. 1990. Mensink RP, Lebbink WJ, Lobbezoo IE, Weusten-Van der Wouw MP, Zock PL, Katan MB, Diterpene composition of oils from Arabica and Robusta coffee beans and their effects on serum lipids in man. J Intern Med, 237:543-50, 1995 Jun. Phillips R, Smith D, Characterization of coffea canephora atpha-D-galactosidase blood group B activity.

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Coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: A systemic review. JAMA 294, 97-104. 129. Faerch, K., Lau, C, Tetens, I., Pedersen, O. B., Jorgensen, T., Borch-Johnsen, K., and Glulmer, C. (2005). A statistical approach based on substitution of macronutrients provides additional information to models analyzing single dietary factor in the relation to type 2 diabetes in Danish adults: The Inter99 study. J. Nutr. 135, 1177-1182. 130. Greenberg, J. A., Axen, K. V., Schnoll, R., and Boozer, C. N. (2005). Coffee, tea and diabetes: The role of weight loss and caffeine. Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab.

When the data from the Nurses' Health Study was examined, higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes [131]. In this study, both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, but not tea, consumption were associated with lower risk for diabetes. They also looked at components of coffee and found that caffeine intake was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Although not explored in this study, the authors discussed the possibility that beneficial effects of coffee components other than caffeine might contribute.

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Higher coffee consumption is associated with higher homocysteine levels. þAlcoholics have highly elevated homocysteine concentrations. Wine and hard liquor have been shown to raise concentrations—but there seems to be a loophole for beer, which seems to have no effect. Some researchers have suggested that the folate (folic acid) and B6 in beer might help counteract the homocysteine-raising effects of the alcohol. - IS THERE REALLY "GOOD" CHOLESTEROL?

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These observations are interesting, but coffee consumption cannot be recommended as a preventive measure for type 2 diabetes. Several botanical products and a number of medicinal/ culinary herbs have been reported to improve glucose metabolism and alter plasma lipid concentrations. For example, cinnamon and its ability to improve glucose and lipid concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes has been reported and picked up by popular publications [133]. However, a follow-up study in adolescents with type 1 diabetes failed to show improvement in glycosylated hemoglobin concentrations [134].

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Several studies suggest that coffee consumption (the coffee beverage is made from the roasted seeds of the coffee berry) helps with blood glucose control and other diabetes-related problems. Results of a twelve-year study of more than twelve thousand middle-aged adults who did not have diabetes at the start of the study found that those who drank four or more cups of coffee daily were one-third less likely to develop type 2 diabetes during the study period. This study, published in December 2006, followed others that reported similar findings, and the studies continue.

Pereira M et al. coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: An 11-year prospective study of 28,812 postmenopausal women. Arch Intern Med 2006; 166:1311 -16. Pi-Sunyer FX. The role of viscous soluble fiber in the metabolic control of diabetes. A review with special emphasis on cereals rich in beta-glucan. Diabetes Care 1997 Nov; 29(11): 1774-80. Pittas AG, Dawson-Hughes B et al. Vitamin D and calcium intake in relation to type 2 diabetes in women. Diabetes Care 2006 Mar; 29(3):650-56. Pittas AG et al.

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Higher levels of coffee consumption were associated with improved cognitive performance in elderly British people in a preliminary study.17 Older people appeared to be more susceptible to the performance-improving effects of caffeine than were younger people. Similar but weaker associations were found for tea consumption. These associations have not yet been studied in clinical trials. Animal studies suggest that diets high in antioxidant (page 467)-rich foods, such as spinach and strawberries, may be beneficial in slowing ARCD.

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A prospective study of coffee consumption and the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease in men. Journal of the American Medical Association 281:2106-12. Thornton, J. R., et al. 1983. Diet and gallstones: Effects of refined carbohydrate diets on bile cholesterol saturation and bile acid metabolism. Gut 24:2-6. Gastritis. See Ulcers Glaucoma Glaucoma affects more than two million Americans and is the second leading cause of blindness in this country. This can be a very serious disease that must be given medical care as soon as possible, if permanent vision loss is to be avoided.

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Although diabetics need to be careful about coffee consumption, healthy people who drink a lot of coffee—6 or 7 cups a day—lower their risk of developing type 2 diabetes significantly, by about 35 percent.215 It's not completely clear why coffee has such an effect, but it doesn't seem to be the caffeine. In fact, caffeine alone reduces insulin sensitivity.216 Drinking either caffeinated or decaf coffee lowers the likelihood of impaired glucose tolerance in people who don't yet have diabetes. Perhaps it is the chlorogenic acid, a coffee com- *?

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Lifestyle changes that may be helpful According to a recent study, both cigarette smoking and coffee consumption were associated with increased homocysteine levels.30 These findings are consistent with studies that have found both smoking and caffeine consumption to be associated with an increased risk of both cardiovascular disease (page 98) and osteoporosis (page 333). The link between coffee and increased homocysteine has been confirmed by some researchers,31 but not others.

In fact, "improvement in mood" is considered an effect of long-term coffee consumption by some researchers, a concept supported by the fact that people who drink coffee have been reported to have a 58—66% decreased risk of committing suicide compared with non-coffee drinkers.6 Nonetheless, a symptom of caffeine addiction can be depression.7 Thus, consumption of caffeine (mostly from coffee) has paradoxically been linked with both improvement in mood and depression by different researchers.

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Common causes of headache include stress; tension; anxiety; allergies; constipation; coffee consumption; eyestrain; hunger; sinus pressure; muscle tension; hormonal imbalances; temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome; trauma to the head; nutritional deficiencies; the use of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco; fever; and exposure to irritants such as pollution, perfume, or aftershave lotions. (See Types of Headaches on page 458.) Migraines result from a disturbance in the blood circulation in the head. (See migraine in Part Two.

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Caffeine appears to be the protective ingredient, as decaffeinated coffee consumption was not linked with any protection. People at risk for gallstones who wish to consider increasing coffee drinking to reduce risks should talk with a doctor beforehand. Caffeinated beverages can aggravate symptoms of insomnia (page 270), peptic ulcer (page 349), panic attacks (page 30), and a variety of other conditions. Constipation (page 137) has been linked to the risk of forming gallstones.10 When constipation is successfully resolved, it has reduced the risk of gallstone formation.

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Evidence-Based Summary of Articles Demonstrating the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Food Allergy Treatments for Anxiety and/or Related Psychiatric Syndromes Reference Study Information Grade 5 Case report demonstrating a relationship between C coffee consumption and anxiety. 6 In a study involving 21 anxiety patients and 17 normal CO controls, behavioral ratings, somatic symptoms, blood pressure, and plasma levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenethyleneglycol (MHPG) and Cortisol were assessed in all subjects after the oral administration of 10 mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight.

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Homocysteine increases overage 65, by smoking cigarettes, birth control pills, deficient B6, high coffee consumption, animal meat protein diet, saturated processed fats, margarine; and decreased methy lation donors. Detoxify high homocysteine over norm 10-16 mcg./ml., with 500-1000 mg. methyl-donor TriMethy lGlycine (TMG) or Betaine changing into DMG; or break it down with 50 mg. Vitamin B6 as Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate, 1 -5 mg. Folic acid, 500 meg. B-12,100 mg. Choline, and 50 mg. Taurine for good methylation; with plenty ofwater and heavy exercise.

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