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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Coffee, tea, or decaf-no matter what your choice, drinking any of these beverages may reduce your risk of diabetes, according to a new analysis of 18 studies including hundreds of thousands of people.
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A 2005 research review concluded that people who drank the most coffee were one-third less likely to develop diabetes than those who drank the least, Dr. Rachel Huxley of The University of Sydney, Australia, and colleagues note.
Since the early 1990s, several studies have suggested benefits of coffee drinking for liver health, Dr. Jeffrey W. Molloy and Dr. Stephen A. Harrison and their colleagues at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, note in their report. In 2009, Dr. Harrison noted in an interview, two studies showed drinking about 2.5 cups of coffee daily reduced the risk of hepatic steatosis in patients with hepatitis C.
Drink coffee! I really think that coffee has kept my liver in better health. I don't know how long I've had hep c, but I have always drank lots of strong coffee and my fibrosure test puts me at F0. Now at 20/28 weeks of tx and keeping up w/ coffee consumption. BUT drink more water!
Coffee consumption is on the rise in the United States and over half of Americans drink it everyday, according to the National Coffee Association.
Antioxidants in general have been linked to a number of potential health benefits, including protection against heart disease and cancer. For the current study, Vinson and his associates analyzed the antioxidant content of more than 100 different food items, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, spices, oils and common beverages.
Actually, studies show those who have fatty liver benefit from caffeine. Coffee caffeine consumption is associated with a significant reduction in risk of fibrosis among NASH patients. Drinking coffee may help prevent diabetes as caffeine may be the ingredient largely responsible for this effect.
Looks like you will be changing doctors. I'd discuss it with your new doctor but would not avoid caffeine in the interim unless of course there is a medical reason for it.
I asked this question since I have kept an eye on this webboard showed the positive effect of coffee on liver. Especially, the recent research finding indicated that "Three cups of coffee per day reduce liver cancer risk by more than 50%".
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131023/Three-cups-of-coffee-per-day-reduce-liver-cancer-risk-by-more-than-5025.
Coffee is a terrific antioxidant, which is why its good for the liver. Although other rich sources of antioxidants can be found in many foods, the amount the average coffee drinker (2-3 8oz.cups daily) cumulatively surpasses other sources. As far as half & half or whole milk in your coffee goes, the amount used to mellow coffee is negligible.
It sounds like you're having digestion problems. The most problematic of the foods you mention generally are first, the milk, second, the sugar, and third the coffee. But it's hard to say since diet is very complicated, and you don't say how soon after eating you laid down. Chamomile is a good stomach relaxant and anti-inflammatory, perhaps try some of that instead of the coffee, milk, and sugar and see how you do, assuming you don't need the coffee to stay awake.
A study has shown drinking 3 cups of coffee a day can protect the liver from damage. In this studyof hepatitis c subjects, people drank 1 2 or 3 or more cups of coffee a day. Those who drank 3 or more cups also drank more alcohol and smoked more cigarettes than the other groups. The results were the group drinkig the most coffee had the least liver damage despite smoking and drinking the most. It's very promising.
www.hepatitis-central.com/my/archives/2008/11/coffee_drinkers.
Foods that can worsen GERD symptoms include peppermint, fatty foods, alcohol, coffee, and chocolate.
Yellow stool can also result from insuffient bile output. Bile salts from the liver gives stool its brownish color. When bile output is diminished, it often first appears as yellow stool. If there is a greater reduction in bile output, stool lose almost all of its color, becoming pale or grey.
If the onset is sudden, yellow stool can also be a sign of a bacterial infection in the intestines.
The research on coffee is very very mixed. I had thought the latest suggested that it is actually good for the liver, and can extend lives.
I'm not sure about coffee on treatment, but coffee has definetely been proven in clinical tests to help prevent Cirrhosis of the liver in alcoholics. Ask your doctor...
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