Fight Fatigue With Coffee...The "Think" Drink

What Coffee Can Do:

• Improves mental performance.
• Boosts physical energy.
• Elevates and improves mood.

  How It Works

• Researchers at MIT found that "caffeine is
  a mind-accelerating mood booster."
• It increases mental performance.
• Caffeine stimulates reaction time, attention span,
  concentration and acuity with numbers. As little
  as 32 mg of caffeine as much as in a single serving
  of cola or a 5-ounce cup of tea can give you a real
  mental and energy boost.
• Caffeine moves to your brain fast, with 20 to 30
  minutes and lasts up to 6 hours.

  Bonus

  Caffeine also improves physical endurance. Studies
  show that cyclists pedaled 7% harder and lasted
  in competition 20% longer after taking caffeine.

  Tip

  Drink your caffeine before your meal for a bigger
  energy boost and fatigue beater effect.

  SOURCE: 'On-the-Job Energy Boosters"' by Edita Kaye

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Drinking coffee may cut men's gallstone risk

NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters Health) -- Whether they choose espresso, latte, brewed or instant, men who drink four or more cups of coffee each day have a 45% lower risk of developing gallstones, according to a report in the June 9th issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

In the study of 46,008 men aged 40 to 75 with no history of gallstone disease, men who regularly consumed coffee had a reduced risk of gallstone disease during 10 years of follow-up compared with men who did not drink coffee on a regular basis.

Men who drank two to three cups of regular coffee per day had a 40% reduced risk of developing gallstone disease than non-Java drinkers, and those who drank four or more cups per day had a 45% lower risk. No such effect was observed with consumption of tea, decaffeinated coffee, or low-calorie caffeinated soft drinks, the investigators report.

SOURCE: The Journal of the American Medical Association 1999
Copyright © Reuters Limited 1999

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Coffee may protect against cirrhosis of the liver

In the past decade, research in the United States, Japan and Italy indicates that consumption of coffee has a strong protective effect against cirrhosis of the liver.

These studies show that drinking 3 to 4 cups of coffee a day was associated with an 80% reduction in risk for cirrhosis of the liver, compared with those who don't drink coffee at all. Cirrhosis is a chronic disease which damages the liver's tissue. Excessive alcohol use is the leading cause of cirrhosis, which is the 9th leading cause of death in the United States.

Coffee may be effective in reducing
the risk of cancers of digestive tract

Coffee has shown a protective effect against colon cancer in some studies. A recent meta-analysis of 17 studies on coffee consumption and colorectal cancer from 1960 to 1990 found the risk of colorectal cancer to be 24% lower among those who drink 4 or more cups of coffee per day, than among those who rarely or never drink coffee.

The most likely explanations for lower risk of colorectal cancer among heavy coffee consumers are the enhanced colonic activity induced by coffee, and that anti-mutagenic components in coffee and caffeine inhibit the cancer-causing effect of various microorganisms.

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, with some 131,000 Americans diagnosed with cancers of the rectum and colon on an annual basis. About 90% of the cancers occur in people over age 50.

This information has been reviewed
by Alan Leviton, M.D., an epidemiologist in Boston.

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