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August 29, 2005
Coffee study
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Researchers are now finding that coffee has many of the same health benefits found in tea and vegetables, and hints that Americans may actually get more anti oxidants from coffee than any other food source. The whole AP article has a lot of good stuff, and is worth reading with coffee in hand:
The findings by Joe A. Vinson, a chemistry professor at the University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania, give a healthy boost to the warming beverage."The point is, people are getting the most antioxidants from beverages, as opposed to what you might think," Vinson said in a telephone interview.
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They concluded that the average adult consumes 1,299 milligrams of antioxidants daily from coffee. The closest competitor was tea at 294 milligrams. Rounding out the top five sources were bananas, 76 milligrams; dry beans, 72 milligrams; and corn, 48 milligrams. According to the Agriculture Department, the typical adult American drinks 1.64 cups of coffee daily.
Okay, I drink a few cups of joe in the morning, so I'm happy to hear it, but I really hate studies. Wasn't this stuff supposed to be bad for you?
Posted by The Pragmatic Chef at August 29, 2005 9:20 AM
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Oh, brother.