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We recently wrote about how chicken soup REALLY IS good for cold symptoms. Now it turns out that drinking coffee is a good way to prevent yourself from getting more serious diseases.

Moderate consumption of coffee is being shown to have generally positive and protective effects on the emergence of disease conditions. Food Technology magazine reports that recent studies of coffee in combination with reviews of research gathered over the past 30 years reveal that consumption improves glucose regulation and lowers the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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We just put up a story telling about the miraculous properties of green tea: it helps prevent both cancer and Alzheimer’s. Coffee also provides more than just a morning jolt; it is the number one source of antioxidants in the U.S. diet.

“Americans get more of their antioxidants from coffee than any other dietary source. Nothing else comes close,” says chemist Joe Vinson. Although fruits and vegetables are generally promoted as good sources of antioxidants, the new finding is surprising because it represents the first time that coffee has been shown to be the primary source from which most Americans get their antioxidants. You don’t have to worry about insomnia: both caffeinated and decaf do the job equally well.
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Soon, if you want decaffeinated coffee, you won’t have todrink a brew that’s been chemically treated?you’ll drink acup of decaf made from coffee beans that were grown that way.

Andy Coghlan writes in New Scientist that biologists havediscovered a naturally decaffeinated coffee plant?and it’sreal coffee, not just something that tastes like it. “Thisis the first report of a decaffeinated variety of Coffeaarabica,” says Paulo Mazzafera. “This species is the mostcultivated species in the world, responsible for more than75% of traded coffee.”
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Taking a coffee break makes it harder for office workers to do their jobs?but only if they’re men. Having trouble quitting cigarettes? It may be because you were “born to smoke.” But not to worry: you can now “throw a switch” in your brain to get rid of your addictions. And if you’re hooked on marijuana, there’s a new medicine that will get rid of the “munchies.”
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