3. sketchmedesire: How Drinking Coffee Could Improve your Health(Full article here.) 1. Gallstone Prevention Harvard researchers in 2002 found that women who drank at least four cups of coffee a day were at a 25 percent lower risk of gallstones. An earlier study found similar results for men.2. Depression Prevention Women who drank two to three cups of daily coffee were 15 percent less likely to develop depression, and those drinking four cups were 20 percent less likely, according to a 2011 report in the “Archives of Internal Medicine.”3. Memory Improvement Coffee can help with both long- and short-term memory. In a 2005 study presented at the Radiological Society of North America, researchers found that consuming two cups of caffeinated coffee improved short-term memory and reaction times.4. Less Risk for Diabetes Studies suggest that coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, with those putting away four or more cups daily 50 percent less likely. A January 2012 report in the ‘Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry” might explain why. It attributes the effect to compounds in coffee that block hIAPP, a polypeptide that can result in abnormal protein fibers, which are found in people with Type 2.5. Decreases Cancer Risk Coffee consumption has been associated with decreased risk of breast, endometrial, prostate and liver cancers, and those linked with obesity, estrogen and insulin. A 2008 Swedish study found that drinking at least two to three cups a day reduced the risk or delayed the onset of breast cancer.6. Metabolism Boost Coffee might help you maintain — or even lose — weight. A study as far back as 1980 found that the caffeine found in coffee stimulates the metabolism, but that only “normal,” rather than obese, subjects experienced greater oxidation of fat. 7. Lower Risk for Parkinson’s Disease The “Journal of the American Medical Association” in 2000 found that the caffeine intake associated with coffee translated into a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s. A 2010 study found that drinking two to three cups of coffee daily can mean up to a 25 percent less chance of developing the disease. 8. Antioxidative Properties Harvard researcher Edward Giovannucci, in research published in “Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention,” noted that coffee has more antioxidants than most vegetables and fruits. In fact, a 2005 study found that coffee is the No. 1 source for antioxidants in the American diet. That’s a reflection of the volume of coffee consumed in this country, and how much is making it into the bloodstream is unclear.9. Performance-Enhancing Benefits Coffee — and the caffeine in it — has been shown in multiple studies to increase both endurance and short-term performance. A 2008 study concluded that the benefit of caffeine before exercise occurs during endurance events, stop-and-go events and long-term high-intensity activity. It also can help athletes perform better during strength training — even when sleep-deprived — if taken one hour before exercise at the rate of 4 mg for every kg of body weight.10. Gout Prevention A 2007 study of men older than 40 linked long-term coffee consumption with a lower risk of gout, an inflammatory condition caused by elevated levels of uric acid. Decaf and regular both had an effect, and those drinking six cups a day experienced as much as a 60 percent lower risk of gout. justttttt what i needed to read :)

    sketchmedesire:

    How Drinking Coffee Could Improve your Health

    (Full article here.)

    1. Gallstone Prevention
    Harvard researchers in 2002 found that women who drank at least four cups of coffee a day were at a 25 percent lower risk of gallstones. An earlier study found similar results for men.

    2. Depression Prevention
    Women who drank two to three cups of daily coffee were 15 percent less likely to develop depression, and those drinking four cups were 20 percent less likely, according to a 2011 report in the “Archives of Internal Medicine.”

    3. Memory Improvement
    Coffee can help with both long- and short-term memory. In a 2005 study presented at the Radiological Society of North America, researchers found that consuming two cups of caffeinated coffee improved short-term memory and reaction times.

    4. Less Risk for Diabetes
    Studies suggest that coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, with those putting away four or more cups daily 50 percent less likely. A January 2012 report in the ‘Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry” might explain why. It attributes the effect to compounds in coffee that block hIAPP, a polypeptide that can result in abnormal protein fibers, which are found in people with Type 2.

    5. Decreases Cancer Risk
    Coffee consumption has been associated with decreased risk of breast, endometrial, prostate and liver cancers, and those linked with obesity, estrogen and insulin. A 2008 Swedish study found that drinking at least two to three cups a day reduced the risk or delayed the onset of breast cancer.

    6. Metabolism Boost
    Coffee might help you maintain — or even lose — weight. A study as far back as 1980 found that the caffeine found in coffee stimulates the metabolism, but that only “normal,” rather than obese, subjects experienced greater oxidation of fat.

    7. Lower Risk for Parkinson’s Disease
    The “Journal of the American Medical Association” in 2000 found that the caffeine intake associated with coffee translated into a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s. A 2010 study found that drinking two to three cups of coffee daily can mean up to a 25 percent less chance of developing the disease.

    8. Antioxidative Properties
    Harvard researcher Edward Giovannucci, in research published in “Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention,” noted that coffee has more antioxidants than most vegetables and fruits. In fact, a 2005 study found that coffee is the No. 1 source for antioxidants in the American diet. That’s a reflection of the volume of coffee consumed in this country, and how much is making it into the bloodstream is unclear.

    9. Performance-Enhancing Benefits
    Coffee — and the caffeine in it — has been shown in multiple studies to increase both endurance and short-term performance. A 2008 study concluded that the benefit of caffeine before exercise occurs during endurance events, stop-and-go events and long-term high-intensity activity. It also can help athletes perform better during strength training — even when sleep-deprived — if taken one hour before exercise at the rate of 4 mg for every kg of body weight.

    10. Gout Prevention
    A 2007 study of men older than 40 linked long-term coffee consumption with a lower risk of gout, an inflammatory condition caused by elevated levels of uric acid. Decaf and regular both had an effect, and those drinking six cups a day experienced as much as a 60 percent lower risk of gout.

    justttttt what i needed to read :)

  4. …I’ve never been more happy and more relieved to see a man drink water.

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  7. gosh i have always wanted to do this!!!!!!!!! this keeps coming up in my life. i think its a sign, i need to do this in my life time. 

    gosh i have always wanted to do this!!!!!!!!! this keeps coming up in my life. i think its a sign, i need to do this in my life time. 

  8. i always want to sign on here and just complain. complain about everything right about now. 

    but every time i do, i type out everything- say how frustrated i am with everything, and then i think about how much good it doesnt do.

    my life is SO good compared to a lot of people in this world- i have absolutely NO room to complain.

    I need to focus on the good

    my brother is doing great. Hes unstoppable, (thank you Drake, for making that one our family’s motto) and all the doctors and nurses are totally blown away by his progress.   I did nearly 13 hours of yard work today, getting everything all prettied up and looking wonderful so my parents dont have to worry about the stuff they needed to get done once they return.  I even painted the “sunset chairs” that taylor made a way long time ago; it was time for a new coat :) I actually really enjoyed being outside all day and just having time to think about everything. it was really relaxing.

    I had a fire and burned up all the extra sticks and twigs and weeds that were in the yard and in the way when mowing. thatll make it so much easier to mow next.  

    I got to talk to my parents EARLY in the day today and FINALLY got to talk to my dad. I got everything all set up ready to moved down stairs to my room so i finally have my own room and bed to sleep in again! 

    see; life isnt really all that bad right now! i just have to look on the good side of things :) and thank god even for the bad… which sometimes is forced from my mouth with a little bit of a scowl

  9. In the navy they all called Taylor, ‘Taylor THE IRON MAN Morris’.

    …… Oh the irony.

  10. just a little stressed out.

    all the crying has stopped. THANK GOD! 

    taylor’s awake. FINALLY. he’s safe on US soil. in the care of some of the best doctors around. they said he’ll be with other people like him, so i feel better.

    tonight at work we had an amputee…. changing her/his bandages at ANY other time would have been an amazing learning experience… but it made me sick to my stomach. knowing all four of his limbs were going to look like that… just made me want to cry.

    we’ve cried enough.   time to be done with that. its pointless.  we cant stop what happened, thats the thing! all the crying and hatred and sympathy will not heal anything? itll make it worse… now its time to look at what we’re going to do. How cool taylor is going to look as a half robot and the only thing i can do now, is what i can do here. work, school, and raise money for him, or his NEW life. 

    funny thing is, taylor and our family decided we were going to throw an END OF THE WORLD PARTY in dec.   and it would be like new years, counting down untill midnight accept it would be counting down until the world ends.   we were going to invite the ENTIRE town. and between us four siblings and our parents, this was going to be the party of the year! huge fire, loud music, and unending food.   but it looks like, we’re going to have to throw a beginning of a NEW life party, because we cannot look at this like the end of the world anymore. that doesnt help….   we’re damn proud of this kid. one of FIVE who has been a quad amputee and lived to tell about it, let alone conscious after it happened.  Fuck yeah. THATS my brother. 

    My parents left early this morning, leaving me in charge of the renters, paying the landscaper to help me do everything needed to keep the ‘farm’ up and running , hiring a cleaning lady, finishing an unending project downstairs (including the flooring, the dry wall, the installations of stuff, along with providing time for the plumbers, and electricians to be here so i finally have a bedroom, finishing the upstairs bedrooms, being a fulltime student in the summer in two intense four week classes that i NEED for nursing school and a part time job with shifts 8 hours long. along with organizing a team for fundraisers, and being the middle man for cash, thank you cards, and keeping track of the paper side of stuff… the list goes on.

    it goes without saying, i have my work cut out for me. 

    as soon as this is all over and done, the rest of my summer will be spent in Maryland… 

    im nervous about how im going to do. probably not good in school, i have more important things to do. i just want to be the best i can be for him… and if that means i dont go to nursing school for a while, then oh well.    because this is about to be an adventure.. a rocky rough one… but we’ll do what it takes. PLUS, what we have to do here, is NOTHING compared to what taylors going to be going through, so i have no room to even THINK twice about how it will go here… how selfish?!

    In a way… im almost thankful, this might sound bad. but that way we see it, if this  had to happen to a family… its good that its us. Because this is a damn strong family… and we would never wish this upon anyone else. 

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