Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death 220
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."
Re:causation versus correlation (Score:5, Informative)
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.
Re:causation versus correlation (Score:4, Informative)
Absolutely, the mortality risk from accidents, heart attack, stroke high blood pressure related deaths etc doubles for people who's sleep is lessened by 2 hours from 7 to 5hours. Excessive coffee drinkers group is highly likely to have a big overlap with the sleep deprived group.
(sleep deprivation causes your blood pressure to rise).
So, sort your life out! - I mean that in a nice way.