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Article: Coffee under fire: every so often, a study surfaces from somewhere linking health risks to coffee. (Coffee Break) (Column)
- Article from:
- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 1994
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Coffee has come under fire many times in the health arena throughout the years. In the early 1980's, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington, DC-based consumer oriented organization, associated coffee with all kinds of diseases, including bladder cancer, kidney and liver disease, a potential danger drink for possible heart attacks, and a possible link to deformities in child birth or other problems with children if coffee was consumed during pregnancy.
Decaffeinated coffee was also unable to escape this heated issue, and was said to increase cholesterol levels. Interestingly enough, through good medical research, all of these health problems ...