by Peter Joseph Swanson
Member since:
April 13, 2007

All Praise to Coffee

May 19, 2009 10:26 AM UTC
views: 0 | comments: 37

Remember back when they kept trying to find something "bad" about coffee?  All they found was good stuff about it.

 

Here's an article about coffee I boiled down A LOT for you (so you wouldn't have to read and read):

 

 

Coffee is made up of over 1500 chemical substances -  approximately 850 volatile and 700 soluble.

 

Coffee aroma is responsible for all its flavor, other than sweet, sour, bitter and salt tastes that are registered by the tongue.

 

A cup of espresso contains, on average,  78mg of caffeine while a cup of brewed coffee averages 120mg.

 

Coffee has a very high antioxidant content.  Antioxidants have been widely linked to a number of potential health benefits including protection against heart disease and cancer.


In addition to coffee’s well-known ability to increase performance on mental and physical tasks, coffee drinking has been strongly linked to lowering the risk of colorectal and liver cancers, asthma, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Comments: 37

Peter Joseph Swanson May 19, 2009, 10:27am UTC
Woot !!!

(and yum!!!)!!!
Peter Joseph Swanson May 19, 2009, 10:27am UTC
Of course coffee is good for you - IT'S A BEAN !!!
ann c. May 19, 2009, 10:30am UTC
I love, love, love coffee!!! If someone would invent a perfume that smelled like coffee, I'd wear it!!!!
Rob Appell May 19, 2009, 10:30am UTC
My doctor told me I had to give up coffee to treat my high blood pressure. I gave up my doctor instead.
Have you ever noticed that some tight-a** ascetic is always to trying to take away what ever pleasure we discover? Score: Coffee 100, uptight naysayers 0.
Writing about coffee this morning? Must have been a wootiful birthday yesterday!
Svetlana Goryacheva May 19, 2009, 10:38am UTC
I want coffee... right now... LOL! :-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.
Kimber L. May 19, 2009, 10:38am UTC
LOL I am a tea drinker myself.
Peter Joseph Swanson May 19, 2009, 10:41am UTC
I love coffee in the morning ... and tea in the afternoon.
Peter Joseph Swanson May 19, 2009, 10:42am UTC
I'm not hung over from my birthday (I don't think - WAIT - I can't feel my face - ha ha, just kidding). It must have been ALL the olives I had before I passed out.

(I bet)

And I saved a lot of the bottles of wine for other nights.
Heather - child of God, C. May 19, 2009, 10:46am UTC
Happy Birthday Peter! I wasn't on much yesterday. Sorry I missed it. :(

I love coffee too. One of the nice things my husband does for me is make me my morning cup. Coffee actually helps me breath better. It works well when I have an asthma attack to open my airways. I hate using inhalers.
Kat W. May 19, 2009, 10:48am UTC
I love coffee! My hubby makes me coffee each morning before he goes to work.
Sandra H. May 19, 2009, 10:51am UTC
We have three coffee drinkers in our home......we average 5 to 6 pots a day! We love coffee!
C C. May 19, 2009, 10:54am UTC
I am enjoying a cup right now
Peter Joseph Swanson May 19, 2009, 11:08am UTC
YUM !!!
Peter Joseph Swanson May 19, 2009, 11:14am UTC
A hang over will probably hit me like a ton of bricks later when I'm trying to do something important.

(maybe I'm just still drunk)
Peter Joseph Swanson May 19, 2009, 11:14am UTC
The party hat is still on anyway - ha ha
Nellie (RIP: Give to Life) May 19, 2009, 11:16am UTC
coffee is my goddess..my lover and my dreams.

In fact, when I was ill I got a bad bad headache and not till last night did it go away...I had a cup of coffee.

I drink about 8 pots alone a day
Kelly Kay May 19, 2009, 11:17am UTC
I LOVE coffee!

A legal buzz that tricks me into thinking I want to get out of bed in the morning and do Pilates. =)
donna h. May 19, 2009, 11:22am UTC
yay for coffee
Lori F. May 19, 2009, 11:23am UTC
I adore coffee with a little cream....heaven.
Shiela B. May 19, 2009, 11:44am UTC
Since I live in the land of Starbucks, Tully's and Seattles Best, coffee is like a major staple here.

Happy Birthday Peter, you May babe!!! I have the numb face since I had a tooth pulled yesterday
phil w. May 19, 2009, 11:44am UTC
Coffee , I like it black as your mother in laws heart !!
☃ Shannon K. Wendt May 19, 2009, 11:47am UTC
I love coffee. I had switched to green tea on doctor's orders, but I missed it too much.
Peter Joseph Swanson May 19, 2009, 12:14pm UTC
Do both !!!
Ariel Storm May 19, 2009, 12:34pm UTC
I consider coffee one of the four basic food groups.
M O. May 19, 2009, 1:55pm UTC
Happy Belated Birthday, Peter! Hope you had a good one.

Coffee is my favorite drink and smell...except I could not drink it when I was pregnant and the smell actually made me ill! So strange. But, after having the kids, I went back to loving it. The stronger the better, with half-n-half only. Starbucks is my favorite - dark roast. Hmmmmm.....
Phyllis R. May 19, 2009, 2:20pm UTC
The aroma of coffee first thing in the morning let's me know I am going to have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tracy Fabre May 19, 2009, 2:38pm UTC
.... and best of all, when you make it a mocha... it's PERFECT!
The Fine Art of C.C. Miranda May 19, 2009, 2:50pm UTC
nelli, i love your Venus of Willendorf icon.

speaking of coffee, i need another cup right now.
Peter Joseph Swanson May 20, 2009, 9:19am UTC
Aren't we all a healthy bunch !!!
Ellen B. May 20, 2009, 10:11am UTC
All praise be to coffee.... I drink a ton of it
Missy Cline May 20, 2009, 7:59pm UTC
love the smell but dont particularly like the taste!

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