nwfdailynews.com — Coffee may counteract alcohol's poisonous effects on the liver and help prevent cirrhosis, researchers say. In a study of more than 125,000 people, one cup of coffee per day cut the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis by 20 percent. Four cups per day reduced the risk by 80 percent.
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srlncltJun 13, 2006
How many people have tried drinking coffee to sober up? Who would have guessed coffee might actually help save their liver instead.
Closed AccountJun 13, 2006
Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol,c- c- c- c- c- coffie!Song: <a class="user" href="http://audio.search.yahoo.com/search/audio?p=feel">http://audio.search.yahoo.com/search/audio?p=feel</a> good hit of the summer&ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&x=wrt&stype=uni&urp=song(I tried to include a valid link, but Digg removed all the plusses from the URL...)
dubloe7Jun 13, 2006
oh man, they did the study with coffee and not pepsi... i drink like 5 cans of vault and pepsi per day.though im 19... so i dont drink...
dengar69Jun 13, 2006
Going to get a cup right now!
willymf1Jun 13, 2006
They said on an NPR interview that soda did not have the effect coffee did. That was one reason the didn't believe caffeine was the active ingredient.
jmartin13Jun 13, 2006
What does being 19 have to do with not drinking?
efisherJun 14, 2006
All these compounds (caffiene, nicotine, cannabinoides, tocopherols, etc.) are produced in nature as a family of compounds (as wilf_brim noted) The plants (tea leaf vs coffee bean) both have caffiene but different sets of related compounds when brewed. It would be interesting to find out if there is a difference in how the coffee is brewed (American drip vs Finnish hard boiled). All it takes is one tweak to the molecular structure and you can have a new set of effects.
larianlequellaJun 15, 2006
All in all it was an interesting side note. Reading all these prosthylisers and teatoatelrs go against people cracking jokes is what makes this whole article amusing. Thanks for the laughs.