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by Adam Akelis, Ada

Coffee ranks top amongst the non-alcoholic beverage consumed by the working class of people. Wirhtlin Worldwide, a market research company has reported that, North Americans consume 1.8 cups of coffee per day. While comparing this to water consumption statistics reveal that 20% North Americans do not water at all while 42% consume 2 glasses approximately. It is by far the one of the world's most admired and loved beverages. There was a massive speculation widespread by the medical community that coffee drinkers might suffer from the harming attribute it possesses.

The healthcare community has done its fair share of examining the effects of consuming coffee, and a consequent array of health cautions and encouragements have been issued about its regular consumption. Recent health reports have shown that normal consumption of coffee decreases the risk of Parkinson's, diabetes, and even lowers the risk of having colon cancer as low as 25% and a an 80% drop in the risk of having liver cirrhosis. The antioxidants in coffee are found responsible in controlling the growth of these cells. In the year 2000 a study was conducted by the Hawaii researchers that surveyed around 8000 men found that coffee drinkers were five times less likely to be infected by Parkinson's disease.

In addition to this the medical benefits of coffee include reducing the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis, risk of developing gallstones, risk of type 2 diabetes, headache/migraine severity, the risk of liver damage in people at high risk for liver disease , while improving the cognitive function and endurance performance in long-duration physical activities. The researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in California reported a 22 % daily reduction of liver cirrhosis risk from alcohol with each cup of coffee. Several studies have further proved that drinking coffee reduces the liver enzyme GGT to a greater extent, especially among heavy alcohol consumers. Though GGT is an indicator of cirrhosis risk, the liver enzyme ALT is a more specific indicator of liver injury.

Type 2 diabetes, an insulin resistance, has been in headlines in various health journals as a leading cause of fatty liver disease. Harvard researchers carried out a research for 18 years analyzing 1, 26,000 people found that people who do involve in the favourite morning drink, consuming one to three cups of coffee can reduce diabetes risk by 10%.While the consumers having six cups or more each day slashed men's diabetes risk by 54% and women's by 30%.Coffe along with antioxidants consists quinines that when injected to lab rats increased sensitivity. Coffee also has huge amounts of chlorogenic acid and tocopherols and magnesium.

According to a Harvard researcher regular coffee drinkers have about 1/3rd less asthma symptoms than those of non-coffee drinker's. People suffering from asthma reap the health benefits of drinking caffeinated coffee. Drinking caffeinated coffee during the situation of an emergency onset of asthma allows the patient to breathe easily. The Edinburgh Medical Journal, in Scotland, has evidences stating asthma and coffee are good for each other. The effectiveness is due to the similarities between caffeine and a tried-and-true asthma medication known as theophylline. The risk of asthma symptoms dropped by 28% when patients consumed three or more cups of coffee per day. Coffee contains natural antioxidants called ?flavonoids?, are widely known as disease protectors. The benefits of moderate caffeine consumption that are recognized are; caffeine works on alertness, sensorial activity, mood, and memory.

As long as you have decided to proceed moderately with consciousness and you do not harbor another risk factor to prohibit coffee consumption, feel good about lifting your favorite cup of morning drink in support of your health.

Are there 200 human diseases? We don't know; perhaps a doctor can tell. But proponents of coral calcium as human dietary supplements claim that the gifted mineral from Okinawa lagoons near Japan cures more than 200 diseases. They don't hesitate to include miraculous cures for blinds, AIDS patients, cancers, MS; oh-what-not, to the list of diseases that will be supposedly cured in just 10 minutes.

Take a few more curative and preventive goodies of coral calcium. Coral calcium consumers don't need hysterectomy, keep away rectal cancer; it cures migraine and so on. But is it for real? Has the world finally found an antidote to death threat? Well, hold a minute.

First, let us understand what is this coral calcium and what benefit it really brings us. Coral calcium is a type of calcium extracted from coral mined in Okinawa Island near Japan. The coral of Okinawa is said to be rich in calcium and magnesium content, which is useful as food supplement. It is also true that calcium is essential for bones and teeth, which can be sourced from anywhere including Okinawa coral reef.

Robert Barefoot and another self proclaimed doctor Carl J. Reich, who lost his license about 20 years ago in California for quackery made some outrageous claims about their magic discoveries and magic products over CFRB, a Canadian news radio. The claim went something like this: Their products, obviously made by coral calcium, had cured AIDS. And to diagnose whether someone had a disease, he used a litmus paper and the saliva of the subject, which showed whether he or she had an underlying condition (read AIDS).

Alzheimer's, MS, rectal cancer, and so many diseases were diagnosed with litmus test and because as they claimed, we were living in an alkaline environment, humans were succumbing to the diseases.

Let see what US FDA has to say on the curative qualities of coral calcium. Let there be no doubt, FDA deals with new discoveries in unambiguous terms. It has referred to claims by many distributors and manufacturers before dealing with them individually. It has exposed the therapeutic claims of coral calcium being curative and preventive in its effect. Under section 201(p) of the Act [21 USC § 321(p)], most coral calcium sold in the market are violations, as their promotional materials project coral calcium as drug. Further FDA has no established information on safety and efficacy aspect of consuming coral calcium for curative or preventive purposes.

In addition, the Federal Trade Commission has held a marketer, Kevin Trudeau of Coral Calcium Supreme as having misled consumers by false and unsubstantiated claims. By the way, you would do good to remember that Kevin Trudeau was convicted and jailed for credit card and financial fraud sometime ago.

Finally, if Okinawans live longer than most of us, that's a different story, which needs to be studied separately.

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