Mixed messages: Is coffee good or bad for us? It might help, but it doesn’t enhance health
Mixed messages: Is coffee good or bad for us? It might help, but it doesn’t enhance health
Thomas Merritt
Professor, Chemistry
and Biochemistry,
Laurentian University
Coffee is good for you. Or it’s not. Maybe it is, then it isn’t, then it is again. If you drink coffee, and follow the news, then perhaps you’ve noticed this pattern.
A recent study showed that coffee, even sweetened, was associated with health benefits. But other studies have come to more mixed conclusions.
What’s driving these pendulum swings in the health status of coffee? Like a good cup of coffee, the answer is complex, but seems to boil down to human nature and scientific practice.
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