coffee
Recipe for long mental life? Coffee + exercise!
Between my pitcher of coffee-per-day habit and triathlon training, maybe I'll live to 150... :o)
"I drink five to six cups a day religiously," says Gary Arendash, a researcher at the Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, part of Florida State University. Arendash says he's convinced that caffeine is protecting his brain.
"Until the rise of the coffeehouse, the entire population was effectively drunk all day"
The reason: Until coffee and tea became popular, "alcohol was the daytime drink of choice," he told the TED Global conference in Oxford on Tuesday. Water wasn't safe to drink, so wine, beer or gin was a better choice for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
"Until the rise of the coffeehouse, the entire population was effectively drunk all day," Johnson said in a talk aimed at explaining how ideas get started. "If you switched from a depressant to a stimulant in your life, you would have better ideas."
In defense of Coffee
Mmmmm.... coffee.... and it's good for you!
http://www.stylecaster.com/news/7790/benefits-of-coffee-a-cup-a-day-may-...
Green tea health effects (and coffee problems...)
I think I might start drinking more green tea and cutting out coffee...
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