Regular coffee drinkers may face a higher risk of arthritis, an increased possibility of heart disease and problems caused by excess caffeine. Researchers at the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland, measured the rheumatoid factor – an immune protein present in three-quarters of patients with rheumatism – in 7000 people with no clinical evidence of arthritis and analysed their coffee habits. Participants on four cups a day or more were twice as likely as occasional drinkers to test positive for arthritis. Those drinking 11 or more cups a day were almost 15 times as likely to develop a positive rheumatoid factor.
Sources : The Independent, London.
8 comments:
omg! im a coffee addict! its 6.33am now, and my coffee cup is sitting pretty beside me hehe... cant live without my coffee, must have at least 3 cups a day. must smell the aroma of coffee in the morning or else get headache...hmm now must cut down.. sigh
OMG! U nuts? Y u wake up so early in d morning? Sunday sumore.
and i wonder why you woke up so late!
I worked overtime ler. Too tired, sleep longer hrs
over time and home or work? lmao!
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duhhhh! at work la.
looks like u need to reduce it Karen. Drink more mineral water.
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