Coffee A Health Drink?

Yocto Yotta wrote to mention an article from The Independent which would seem to indicate that coffee has numerous health benefits, and could be construed to be a 'health drink'. From the article: "'A study has found that coffee contributes more antioxidants - which have been linked with fighting heart disease and cancer - to the diet than cranberries, apples or tomatoes...[antioxidants in coffee] have been linked to a number of health benefits, including protection against heart disease and cancer. Studies have associated coffee drinking with a reduced risk of liver and colon cancer, type two diabetes, and Parkinson's disease.'"

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Re:One word

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One word (Score:3, Informative)

Too much of a good thing is NEVER beneficial. ... Except sex, that is.

Chafing.

Informative? Only on Slashdot are such pearls of wisdom to be found...

Re:Ah, more tinfoil hat idiocy

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[endless blather claiming science and moral equivalency nonsense]

I'm sorry, what exactly was your point?

you haven't presented _any_ evidence,

Duh. I didn't claim to, nor did I set out to. Again: What's your point? Are you trying to prove something here? Do you want to be able to use some of these purported "facts" I haven't produced? Perhaps you should re-read my previous post a bit more thoroughly on that score.

much less established anything as "obvious".

I'm sorry, I didn't look it up, but the nature of "obvious" (as I understand it) is such that I typically don't feel a need to support something which can be so described. If you don't agree that something is obvious, you may contend that it is not, but you can't practically expect me to provide support for it until you convince me that it is, in fact, not obvious. [clue: calling me a "crackpot" or wailing about "no evidence" is not convincing in this instance]

A couple things you don't seem to have gotten out of the assigned reading material:

• I'm a bit more paranoid than you seem to give me credit for
• I did not claim I wasn't hallucinating - in fact, I commend it to you as a possible theraputic measure which may help relieve your current condition

[nice list of fallic conventions] Look them up on Wikipedia, I can't be arsed to link to them this time.

Trust me, I won't arse you. Besides, I have my own sources that don't depend on any Wiki posters' Freudian tendancies...

Not because of being brainwashed

Of all your bluster, I would choose this one statement to challenge. Show me - no, screw that, prove it to yourself, never mind me - that you're not brainwashed. Prove it. Scientifically, etc; Never mind that I'm a whacko nutjob - I'll give you all the points you're trying for in your post, there - just do your best.

Re:ah, more talking out of the arse, eh?

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*Zing!* That was the sound of my (admittedly obscure) little funny whizzing over your close-shorn, pointy little head, "Dude".

Heh. Dude, seriously, go look up "fallacy" in a dictionary. It has nothing to do with "phalus" or "phalic" (btw, that's how that's written, not "fallic", but I digress.)

Heh. Dude. Er, dude, yeah, uh, dude. Go look up "sense of humour" or maybe "taking yourself less seriously" - I'd give you a link, but I don't seem to have one handy - maybe you could search Google under "clue, get one".

Seriously, you really need to lighten up - I'm not even going to bother with the rest of your shrill whine of self-importance. You need to get out and have some fun, not sit around trying to impress a completely apathetic couch potato with your l33t s0ph0m0ric deb4te 5killz ... get a life. You are downright laffable as posted...

"Expect nothing; you'll never be disapointed."