Sunday, October 22, 2006

Doctor Macchiato

Every month there’s a new study regarding health: alcohol is bad for you, alcohol is good for you, carbs are bad, carbs are good, caffeine is … you get it, right? Each study seems to refute the previous one. It’s very confusing.

Some previous studies said that drinking coffee can lead to heart disease, cancer and a bad attitude.

Today’s study says coffee is good. I don’t plan to read the next one because I’m a coffee drinker and I like the results of this one.

An article in Parade today says coffee can protect against infections, help prevent diabetes and gallstones, reduce Parkinson’s symptoms, relieve headaches and help maintain brain function.

Wow! Coffee does all of that, and with no prescription and no disclaimer at the end of the commercial.

I can hear the new Starbucks slogan now: a latte a day keeps the doctor away.

1 comment:

Raymond Betancourt said...

It really has become ridiculous, there 's no way to keep up with these changing reports.

To make matters worse, they're usually pretty vague about who did the study and who funded it. It's always seems to be something like "researchers in Ottawa" or "scientists from Bulgaria"...names, I want names!