Coffee Again
A while back, I wrote an item about what awful stuff coffee is, here, for which I was viciously and unfairly attacked by legions of crazed coffee drinkers.
However, I subsequently read a news report that cast coffee in a more positive light, and being ever the soul of enlightenment and sweet reason, I posted an account of that report, here.
Well, it just keeps getting worse and worse. Now there’s a new report that coffee drinkers are less likely to suffer dementia, here. Maybe this is why I’m getting less and less able to remember anything. Anyway, I’m hoping that the pendulum is going to swing back in the other direction. Nothing that tastes so terrible could possibly be good for you. “God does not play at dice.” If He’d wanted us to drink something that’s good for us, he would have made it taste good.
Comments
what, and then have the species flourish? how would natural selection work?
Posted by: Joel | January 25, 2009 12:02 AM
The article does quote the study’s lead author as saying “This is an observational study,” she said. “We have no evidence that for people who are not drinking coffee, taking up drinking will have a protective effect.”
So noncoffee drinkers like us may be in the clear.
Posted by: Daniel | January 25, 2009 11:41 AM
Lee, with all due respect, coffee is delicious. Your palette is just not mature enough (i.e. debased by nicotine and coffee) to taste the nuances.
Posted by: Matt L | January 25, 2009 12:25 PM
Lee: You are a bit confused.
You are the sole of the FOOT of reason.
Further, like most daa oriented social scientists, you are likely broken down by age and sex.
Posted by: Mike Munger | January 25, 2009 02:19 PM
Horrid stuff, coffee!
Posted by: Chris D. | January 26, 2009 03:24 PM
Lee, if you write a diet book based on the premise that one should only eat things that taste good, you’d have a best seller on your hands.
Working title: Amazing Taste: How to Lose Weight While Maximizing Pleasure
Posted by: Eric L. | January 26, 2009 04:06 PM