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Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death
Mr.Intel writes "Should we believe it? Those of us under 55 who drink a lot of coffee – more than four cups per day – may be at greater risk of an early death. And not just death from heart problems, but death from all causes. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings (abstract), followed people for almost two decades, and found that in both sexes, younger people were more likely to die of anything than people who drank less."
Why would you even want that?
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Possible correlation to people who drink a lot of coffee and people who work crazy hours/lots of stress/not much sleep/eat poorly/etc..
My excessive coffee drinking is a symptom of my shitty lifestyle.
Death from all causes is the leading causes of death for people under 55.
if you are the kind of person who drinks that much coffee...
anyway it's not clear that coffee is the problem
Doesn't matter in the market, though, expect Starbucks stock to dip on the news. Wait for it to go to a sufficient low and buy, because caffeine addicts will rationalize their fear away (the way smokers are real pros at) and be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
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Totally agree.
I drink a lot of coffee, but it's probably the whole 75 hour work weeks that lead me to do so that are the problem (and the associated lack of sleep and terrible diet).
Sometimes they say coffee is beneficial and helpful.
Or even sometimes they say it actually lowers the risk of death.
Other times they say it's horrible and should be avoided.
Can you please make up your minds already? |:
What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
Every good junk scientist knows that correlation always equals causality. I am a member of the junk scientists world club. We meet every year. Everyone flys to the west to get to our meeting so that no one will end up flying off the end of the earth. Correlation equals causality is thesis of every speach. So it can't be that people addicted to coffee might be more likely to be addicted to something else as well. If coffee is correlated to death then coffee must cause death!
Most shocking thing to me is that 4 cups of coffee a day is considered "a lot of coffee". Of course I live in Seattle so my view may be a bit skewed.
"Think about how stupid the average person is. Now, realise that half of them are dumber than that." - George Carlin
People who drink more coffee also have more sex.
It's the sex that kills 'em off. But what a way to go! Buzzed and polished.
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Never been known to fail..."
Coffee drinkers studied by Mayo Clinic scientists have a greater chance of dying than NIH coffee drinkers.
It's supposed to be completely automatic, but actually you have to press this button.
I should be dead, because I've been drinking a whole pot every day for over 40 years. But then, I'm in the middle of few Bell curves.
Perhaps there's no causation behind this correlation? Perhaps what kills you isn't the coffee (like you said humorously) but substituting coffee for sleep? If a and b or correlated, sometimes the causative factor is c which triggers both a and b.
I drink a lot of coffee, but I also sleep 7 to 9 hours a night. This needs further study.
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"If a and b or correlated"
*facepalm* Someone slap me, I must need more coffee!
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I want a fork to stand up in the coffee, ideally.
No, the fork should dissolve.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Stop considering taking stock tips from random slashdotters. Not even as a joke.
That's almost worse than trolling "Ask Slashdot" for career advice.
Yeah, us random slashdotters haven't learned a thing about the stock market over the years.
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No, the fork should bend out of the way to avoid entering the coffee at all.