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Article: CAFFEINATED COFFEE MAY HELP FIGHT OFF GALLSTONES TWO CUPS DAILY BATTLE CHOLESTEROL, STUDY SAYS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- June 9, 1999
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A few cups of regular coffee per day might help prevent gallstones.
A study found that men who drank two to three cups a day had a 40 percent lower risk of gallstones than those who did not drink regular coffee. Men who drank four or more cups a day had a 45 percent lower risk.
But hold the decaf: Only coffee with caffeine stimulates contractions in the gallbladder and lowers cholesterol in bile that can form painful gallstones.
Exactly why is unclear. Caffeinated tea and soda don't have the same effect, the researchers reported in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
``I wouldn't actually say we would recommend that ...