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Drinking More Coffee May Undo Liver Damage From Booze (usatoday.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the who-would-have-thought dept.

schwit1 writes: Drinking more coffee might help reduce the kind of liver damage that's associated with overindulging in food and alcohol, a review of existing studies suggests. Researchers analyzed data from nine previously published studies with a total of more than 430,000 participants and found that drinking two additional cups of coffee a day was linked to a 44% lower risk of developing liver cirrhosis.

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  1. More 4 Loco? by misosoup7 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Jokes aside, this will probably lead more people to drink coffee and alcohol at the same time since they think they'll stay awake longer and be able to drink more. This is a bad idea actually since having a stimulant and a depressant can lead to heart attacks (in severe cases) or capillary damage (in less severe cases).

    1. Re:More 4 Loco? by HornWumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

      You better not be bad mouthing Irish coffee. The best drink ever invented.

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    2. Re:More 4 Loco? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Sober and wide awake is pretty scary. Especially these days.

    3. Re:More 4 Loco? by grub · · Score: 5, Insightful


      Drunk and wide awake. Can't think of a scarier way to go throughout life.

      Lemmy did it with booze and speed. He certainly seemed to have enjoyed it.

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    4. Re:More 4 Loco? by Sir+Holo · · Score: 5, Informative

      Lemmy only lived to 70. How long would he have lived without the booze and speed? (You call that living?!?)

      Lemmy's last words were, "Fuck it. I've had a good run."

  2. So... by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Irish Coffee, anyone?

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  3. Some people just live on no matter what. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is it the bitter ones that always live forever?

    I've met some cranky old farts I'd swear were fuled by booze, kept their heart beating with black coffee, glued together by cigarette tar, and given the will to live by the sheer resentment they have for their fellow man.