It may not be a health food, but according to many studies, coffee may actually be beneficial, helping protect against a range of diseases, including diabetes, liver cancer, cirrhosis and Parkinsonu2019s disease.
A new study released in the March 3 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, suggests that drinking at least four cups of coffee a day can decrease women's risk of stroke by 20 percent.
You don't have to lie awake for hours past your bedtime to have insomnia. The condition manifests itself in several ways: trouble falling asleep (known as sleep-onset insomnia), staying asleep (sleep-maintaining insomnia), or waking up too early (early morning awakening).
According to the 2008 Coffee statistics report, coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year. The U.S. imports more than $4 billion worth of coffee per year, and Americans consume some 400 million cups of coffee per day, as nearly 52 percent of Americans over the age of 18 drink coffee daily.
There is currently no evidence to support the theory that drinking more coffee could help prevent multiple sclerosis (MS) in humans, according to the MS Society.
Pancreatitis is a condition in which the pancreas becomes inflamed, causing severe abdominal pain. It is often triggered by alcohol consumption which causes digestive enzymes to digest part of the pancreas.