• Drinking Coffee May Help You Live Longer, Study Says
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http://time.com/5326420/coffee-longevity-study/
I cut coffee out for a month or so after feeling absolutely exhausted and terrible for weeks, and there was almost an instantaneous improvement lol. I started drinking it infrequently again like three months ago and I've already started to feel as terrible as the last time. Maybe it somehow helps us live longer, but it sure as hell doesn't help me live better. Constant headaches, full body exhaustion, and indigestion are definitely not worth having the odd coffee here and there.
I’ve never been a big coffee drinker. It always tastes so bad to me. Almost like muddy water. On top of that, I don’t feel the effects of it. I could drink 3 cups of coffee and still feel tired. Weird.
I enjoy my occasional cup of coffee.
Until the next study that says coffee actually kills you faster. Such is the cycle of food studies.
It's just like the whole "a glass of red wine a day" argument that seems to flip flop every couple of years.
Like all other studies involving food which will be plastered all over morning news talk shows, I'm gonna make sure to not read the article and to drink 5 cups of coffee a day based only on the headline. When people tell me I shouldn't drink so much coffee, I will smugly reply "well I read that coffee will help you live longer!" as my kidneys slowly shut down and my heart skips another beat
Well if you'd bothered to read the article you'd have found out that increasing consumption correlated with a lower risk of mortality up to 6 cups a day: The researchers found longevity benefits associated with nearly every level and type of coffee consumption. Risk reduction varied slightly depending on how much coffee someone consumed, its caffeine content and whether it was instant or ground. But overall, relative to non-drinkers, those who drank one cup of coffee per day had an 8% lower risk of premature death — a rate that rose slightly as consumption increased, peaking at 16% for those drinking six to seven daily cups, before dipping slightly, to 14%, for those having eight or more cups each day.
I drink around 2 to too many to count (over 7 happens once a week or so) a day and I feel fine. Except that the free coffee at work has some cheap beans that make me fart a lot. But when I was in school, I only drank tea, as I was too lazy to wait for coffee to brew. I can't cut caffeine completely out of my life (i still drink it at home, routine and so on), but I am able to survive without it cold turkey with almost no repercussions when I am traveling or something like that.
Caffeine doesn't make you less tired, it just makes it hard to fall asleep. So you'll still feel tired as fuck, but you stay awake.
including among participants who reported drinking at least one cup per day, up to eight or more cups per day How the fuck do you drink more than eight cups a day? I feel like dying after three
Dietary science is sad because while it is VERY HARD to do accurately, news media is happy to report every marginal finding that comes out of it. This study is just a cohort, it doesn't establish causality at all, and actual doctors will generally know this and not push shit with weak backing.
I can drink 8 and not feel anything at all, so it's just personal I guess.
"May"
I'm going to live forever.
You get used to it, it's pretty much a casual drink for me.
I thought years ago people were talking about how Caffeine is bad for you?
Caffeine is a CNS and will absolutely make you feel less tired.
Doesn't really do it for me. If I drink coffee or caffeine in any form it just makes me feel like shit and I still end up in the bed. And in large quantities (multiple cups) it causes jittery/shaky hands, slight headache, and makes me feel even shittier and slightly nauseated. And still tired, yet can't fall asleep.
Interesting, how fit are you? Also when are you consuming it? Ideally you drink coffee/tea several hours after waking up, rather than after you're already sleepy.
You should know by now there's always conflicting studies.
For better or worse https://mind-exchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/i-only-have-time-for-coffee.jpg
Some days i can drink a full pot or two and when i was om overnights i'd chug a extra strength 5 hour energy then chug a Starbucks Doubleshot. I'm fucking immortal.
Do you have ADHD, by any chance?
I used to be on around 20 cups or more a day in my early adulthood. I think I average about 4-5 on workdays and 10+ on weekends now. But I also have ADD so coffee relaxes me rather than tweaks me out.
Finally, after being told alcohol and French fries will kill me, something I love is going to keep me alive
i actually like coffee as long as it has cream and sugar, but it really messes with my anxiety so i refrain from drinking it nowadays.
Coffee tastes great (if you're not crazy about it, make sure it's strong, not burned, and has quite a bit of half and half in it and you might come around) But there's load of times when it just seems like a huge mistake. If you drink it too late in the afternoon it can wreck your sleep. If you drink it in the morning and don't have another cup it can make you feel like shit. The only time I drink regular now is if it's before 3ish and I'm off from work, or if I need to stay up late.
I drink a few cups per day to keep me going, and I love doing so, but I can't imagine 10 or 20. That's more than one cup every hour, maybe even every half an hour. Out of curiosity: How long were you awake for per day? Did you have trouble sleeping (due to the coffee or not)? How large was each cup? How strong were they? Was it expensive? Time consuming? You piss a lot? Shits akin to a brown fountain?
Tomorrow it gives you cancer.
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