Study Says Coffee Protects Against Cirrhosis 261
An anonymous reader writes "Good news for those who like both coffee and alcohol. In a recent study of more than 125,000 people an Oakland, CA medical team found that consuming coffee seems to help protect against alcoholic cirrhosis. The study was done based on people enrolled in a private northern California health care plan between 1978 and 1985." From the article: "People drinking one cup of coffee per day were, on average, 20% less likely to develop alcoholic cirrhosis. For people drinking two or three cups the reduction was 40%, and for those drinking four or more cups of coffee a day the reduction in risk was 80%."
So glad to hear (Score:5, Funny)
All I can say is.. (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot Gesserit (Score:5, Funny)
I must drink beer.
Beer is the painkiller.
And beer is the little drink that brings total satisfaction.
I will drink my beer.
I will permit it to pass through me.
And where the beer has gone there will be nothing.
Only a hangover will remain.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
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Further proof... (Score:4, Funny)
That's why before your first coffee of the morning, you feel bad. Then, you feel good once you've had your coffee. But by the time late-afternoon rolls around, you definitely feel like crap again and go for a beer. The beer makes you feel better until you go to bed. Rinse and repeat.
Wait 10 days.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How about... (Score:3, Funny)
There's something to be said about "breaking substance dependencies" being modded funny
Then again, those of us that live in glass houses....
Re:Buzz Beer et al (Score:1, Funny)
Kinda loses its impact when you spell "genius" incorrectly.
Re:Cirrhosis specifics (Score:2, Funny)
And here's me, remembering from one of the Looney Tunes: Sir Osis of Liver [imdb.com]
Good Good! GOOD!!! (Score:4, Funny)
No negative effects@!!!!
NONE NONE!!!!
Caffine GOOD!!!!
Re:for alcoholics (Score:5, Funny)
Signed,
- An Alcoholic
Re:How about... (Score:3, Funny)
Ohhhh... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How about... (Score:5, Funny)
Let's rephrase that.
Try and take them away, and I'll get my whiskey, smokes and coffee back out of your cold dead hands.
Soko
Re:So glad to hear (Score:3, Funny)
Well duh! (Score:5, Funny)
If you're drinking two cups of coffee with your Cheerios at breakfast, that's two Martinis that you're not drinking with your Cheerios at breakfast.
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Please note tea does not work (Score:2, Funny)
Doc: Nurse, this man's liver is failing! Get him four cups of coffee, strong and black!
Nurse: But, Doctor, he's caffeine intolerant - it says it interacts with his other meds.
Doc: Oh, ok, in that case, give it to me, I'll drink it.
Re:for alcoholics (Score:2, Funny)
Frink: (With sarcasm detector) Are you kidding? This baby is off
the charts mm-hai.
CBG: A sarcasm detector, that's a real useful invention.
(Sarcasm detector explodes)
Re:Fox coverage (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:How about... (Score:2, Funny)
Tell that to my Mother-in-law!
Have to update the old joke (Score:3, Funny)
Q: What do you get when you feed coffee to a drunk?
A: A wide-awake drunk (with a healthy liver.)
Re:How about... (Score:2, Funny)
Yes the next step would be breast milk....
Re:So glad to hear (Score:1, Funny)
Also, for most enjoyment, do these steps in dim light.
Cheers! (Score:2, Funny)
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