coffee

For roughly the last two years, the media has been warning us that climate change is threatening the world's supply of coffee beans.

Like a broken clock that accidentally gets the time right, the State of California has finally stumbled upon the correct approach to coffee. Sort of.

In the ongoing battle over the benefits or risk of drinking coffee, a study reported in JAMA Internal Medicine has enlisted a new variable into the fray, genetics. The study makes use of genotype data on 500,000 Brits contained in the UK Biobank.

California has given up all pretense of being a state governed by reason or common sense: Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle ruled that coffee must carry a cancer warning label. The judge’s ruling is scientifically illiterate.

Genetic diversity or lack thereof can have real consequences for our diets, and more importantly, for our health. 

A judge in California is going to determine whether or not coffee causes cancer.

Fads come and go. And come and go again. (Repeat until comatose). So it should come as no surprise that we have another, especially one involving food, which is a superb spawning ground for fads, such as kale (1).

The media is alive with a new report sure to satisfy the confirmation bias of a billion people; drinking coffee is good for you!! And evidently, the more, the better.

We recently told you that coffee is good for you; there are plenty of benefits to drinking a cup of joe on a daily basis. So you may wonder why some are seeking alternatives, like alkaline coffee? The marketing game is big on this one.