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Hyjynx75 t1_j6w9ndu wrote

Reply to comment by OrangeJuiceOW in Study shows that regular coffee drinking (2 to 3 cups per day) is associated with lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), peripheral pulse pressure (PP), aortic BP and aortic PP, but with similar arterial stiffness by giuliomagnifico

Seriously though. We need "COFFEE GOOD" or "COFFEE BAD". This whole providing scientific data and expecting us to draw our own conclusions is so last century.

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raygundan t1_j6yfaww wrote

> We need "COFFEE GOOD" or "COFFEE BAD".

The problem is that for things like this, there really isn't a black-and-white answer like that. It will be good for some things and bad for some things and then it will probably vary by person on top of it.

As a general rule of thumb, if you read an article that says something like "red wine is good for you," you can safely assume the study was really, really specific and said something like "red wine can slightly reduce blood pressure in people with mildly elevated blood pressure" and that it's the reporter who has oversimplified. It's not like the risks of alcohol consumption increasing your chance of cancer and liver damage and so on went away... it just also does this other thing they found.

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