I've been drinking way more coffee lately than I used to. Way more. I'm talking about "never used to drink it" to "I drink it everyday, sometimes many times in a day." That's why I'm doing a wee bit of research into the effects of coffee drinking. Here's what I found out by looking it up over on WebMD:
Pros
- reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease (I think only if you also smoke which I don't), and Type 2 diabetes
- increases short term memory and overall thinking
- it is an antioxidant, diuretic, and laxative
- reduces risk of gall stones
Cons
- stains your teeth
- can dehydrate and constipate you
- makes for foul-smelling breath (in my opinion)
- various other issues if it has caffeine (it makes my mom jittery)
- may raise blood pressure
It looks like I will have to make my own decision here. The pros and cons simply aren't convincing enough to sway me either way. There are new brands of so-called healthy coffee we should try. I'd much rather be a tea-drinking person though, than a coffee-drinking one. Maybe my conscience is bothering me because I know the coffee we're drinking isn't fair trade. (Read here about Folgers and their fair trade coffee trials and then go here to help coffee-farming families improve the quality of their lives.) I dunno. I'm going to give it some more thought.
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