Monday, July 11, 2005
Coffee is Good for Your Liver
An article in yesterday's USA Weekend by Jean Carper reafirms the health benefits of drinking coffee. When we are trying to sober someone up we often offer them a cup of coffee. Now recent studies show tht coffee may lessen liver damage from alcohol. Research studies conducted in Japan show that drinkers of one or two cups of coffee a day are 30% less likely than non-coffee drinkers to have liver cancer.
The National Institues of Health recent study discovered that Americans at high risk of liver damage who drank more than two cups of coffee a day showed half as much liver damage as non-coffee drinkers. The people in the study had viral hepatitis, drank exessive amounts of alcohol or were overweight. The researchers credit caffeine and antioxidants in the coffee. So if you drink too much alcohol, drink up on the coffee as well.
For more information regarding the health benefits of coffee, see the healthy coffee article at Volcanica Coffee web site.
The National Institues of Health recent study discovered that Americans at high risk of liver damage who drank more than two cups of coffee a day showed half as much liver damage as non-coffee drinkers. The people in the study had viral hepatitis, drank exessive amounts of alcohol or were overweight. The researchers credit caffeine and antioxidants in the coffee. So if you drink too much alcohol, drink up on the coffee as well.
For more information regarding the health benefits of coffee, see the healthy coffee article at Volcanica Coffee web site.
