“In one large-scale epidemiological study from last year, researchers primarily at the National Cancer Institute parsed health information from more than 400,000 volunteers, ages 50 to 71, who were free of major diseases at the study’s start in 1995…men who reported drinking two or three cups of coffee a day were 10 percent less likely to have died than those who didn’t drink coffee, while women drinking the same amount had 13 percent less risk of dying during the study.”
Better living through chemistry: The NYT’s Gretchen Reynolds touts the potential medical benefits of caffeine addiction. “Participants with little or no caffeine circulating in their bloodstreams were far more likely to have progressed to full-blown Alzheimer’s than those whose blood indicated they’d had about three cups’ worth of caffeine.” Factor in all the taurine I consume to boot, and I’m disco.
Is it gauche to brag about supporting my favorite blog? Well so be it. I hope what I left in the tip jar will go towards latte, or a splurge purchase at the used book store, or something otherwise enjoyable. A small thanks for the many years of reading pleasure.
I was about to say you should be honored to be the first blog I’ve ever felt the urge to drop some coins in the ol’ hat for, but as I started to type it out, I remembered I pitched a couple bucks towards The Rude Pundit a while back — and shelled out for his book.
Thanks much! I’ll make it a venti. You are, either way, the first person to contribute, so it’s especially appreciated. 🙂
(In all honesty, I feel a bit awkward about the tip jar — it’s more intended to go with some other content I hope to rollout sometime in the next few weeks.)