Is Your Coffee Betraying You?

Coffee has been having a pretty good run lately. The World Health Organization recently downgraded a warning that previously suggested everyone's favorite morning beverage may contribute to cancer risk. Experts now say there's actually no evidence that coffee causes cancer, though they do warn that drinking any very hot beverage might be linked to cancer of the esophagus.  What's more, late last year, a major report funded by the National Institutes of Health found that regular consumption of coffee was associated with lower risk of total mortality as well as mortality caused by cardiovascular disease.  But new research says those health reports still don't make coffee a miracle drink. While there's consensus from researchers and non-morning people everywhere that the caffeine in coffee boosts alertness and focus, a new study shows those benefits pretty much disappear if you're too tired. In other words, your morning cup is no panacea for bad sleep habits. In the study, caffeine's cognitive and mood benefits waned after people went just three days without getting enough sleep.  Caffeine is not sufficient to prevent performance decline over multiple days of restricted sleep. Tracy Jill Doty, a research scientist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research "The data from this study suggests that the same effective daily dose of caffeine is not sufficient to prevent performance decline over multiple days of restricted sleep," the study's ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news