Runnswim@A
Tue, Jun-20-06, 17:16
In the current issue of Archives of Internal Medicine,
there's a very interesting article by Arthur Klatsky and
colleagues from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Research
Program (Oakland, CA).
Basically, the article presents absolutely clear-cut, striking
data, showing that (#1) drinking alcohol is bad for one's
liver [no surprise], but that (#2) drinking coffee protects
the liver from alcohol-iduced liver damage (cirrhosis) [big
surprise].
There was a clear-cut, dose response relationship for both
alcohol consumption producing damage (from never drinker to
three or greater drinks per day drinker) and for coffee
consumption protecing against alcohol-induced liver damage
(from no coffee to four or greater cups per day). The more
alcohol...the worse. The more coffee at a given level of
alcohol consumtion...the better.
There was absolutely no protective effect associated with
tea drinking.
Only with coffee drinking.
Gotta go buy me some stock in Starbucks.
Klatsky, AL, et al. Coffee, cirrhosis, and transaminase
enzymes. Arch Intern Med 166:1190-1195, 2006
- Larry Weisenthal/HB
there's a very interesting article by Arthur Klatsky and
colleagues from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Research
Program (Oakland, CA).
Basically, the article presents absolutely clear-cut, striking
data, showing that (#1) drinking alcohol is bad for one's
liver [no surprise], but that (#2) drinking coffee protects
the liver from alcohol-iduced liver damage (cirrhosis) [big
surprise].
There was a clear-cut, dose response relationship for both
alcohol consumption producing damage (from never drinker to
three or greater drinks per day drinker) and for coffee
consumption protecing against alcohol-induced liver damage
(from no coffee to four or greater cups per day). The more
alcohol...the worse. The more coffee at a given level of
alcohol consumtion...the better.
There was absolutely no protective effect associated with
tea drinking.
Only with coffee drinking.
Gotta go buy me some stock in Starbucks.
Klatsky, AL, et al. Coffee, cirrhosis, and transaminase
enzymes. Arch Intern Med 166:1190-1195, 2006
- Larry Weisenthal/HB