Patients coming to the Whitaker Wellness Institute sometimes express surprise that we serve coffee. Doesn't it increase the body's acidity? Aren't health-conscious people supposed to drink tea instead? Isn't caffeine bad for you?
If coffee were harmful, then every morning emergency rooms around the world would be choked with people suffering the ill effects of our favorite breakfast beverage. Of course, this isn't the case. Coffee is not harmful. On the contrary, I consider it to be a health food, and hundreds of studies bear this out.
From Protection Against Parkinson's...
Research shows that drinking coffee reduces the risk of Parkinson's disease (http://www.dreddyclinic.com/findinformation/pp/parkinsonsdisease.htm) by as much as 80 percent and protects against other neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's (http://www.dreddyclinic.com/findinformation/aa/alzheimersdisease.php). It increases insulin sensitivity, and a high intake- at least six cups a day- lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes by 54 percent in men and 30 percent in women. Read more...
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