Run this one up the flag pole and see who salutes it. (And slap the Flag Day video Diane has up, uhm, up while you’re at it. :-))
Via TRY and TLB, this lil tidbit:
In a cohort study of Kaiser Permanente members, drinking one to three cups of coffee a day was associated with a 40% decrease in the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis versus drinking less than one cup (P<0.001), according to a report in the June 13 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Moreover, Arthur L. Klatsky, M.D., and colleagues at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research wrote that this protective effect appears to be dose-dependent. Those who drank four or more cups of coffee had an 80% decrease in the relative risk of alcoholic cirrhosis (95% CI 0.1-0.4, P<0.001).
Now, isn’t that good news? Now, while drinking beer and downing jalapeno poppers to protect your prostate (sorry gals, guys only on these health benefits :-)), you can also protect your liver with a cuppa The Holy Brew. Add in the benefits of alcohol on brain cell growth, and a guy could live darned near forever, avoiding senility… and worse. *heh*
Running this up the flagpole at Diane’s Stuff, TMH’s Bacon Bits
I am preparing to announce The Yak Diet, which consists largely of coffee (with optional Doughnut add-on), pizza, steaks and hot peppers, ice cream and booze. You’ll look like a yak, but you won’t care…