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"While caffeine is the major individual component of coffee, the study suggests that it may not be the primary driver of these health effects." All you haters that give me grief for drinking my daily cup of decaf can shut up now.
For the health benefits, without some of the downsides, I believe it is preferable to drink coffee when you are not tired. This way you don't get a crash later, because there is no adenosine build-up (the 'tiredness' signaling molecule that caffeine blocks). I believe this also helps to prevent addiction, because there is also no up-regulation of adenosine receptors. This works great if you drink coffee for the taste…
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> likely many of the other biologically active chemicals. Do you reckon taking green coffee beans and roasting them til they’re brown right through has any detrimental effect on the biological compounds in the beans?
What do you mean by detrimental?
Isn’t it obvious? I mean within the same context where you wrote:
” is that decaffeination has the bad side effect of stripping flavors, and likely many of the other biologically active chemicals.”
Here are more fascinating facts about caffeine and cancer. Caffeine affects the immune system via at least two opposing mechanisms. Mechanism 1: A2A receptor antagonism (immunostimulatory) Tumors and damaged tissues release adenosine, which engages the A2A receptor on immune cells and signals them to stand down. Caffeine antagonizes (i.e., blocks) this receptor. Mechanism 2: Raising intracellular cAMP (immunosuppress…
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Why should someone hate on you just because you enjoy decaf?
It's common amongst "real men" types. It's basically making fun of someone because they actually like coffee and aren't just drinking it for the drug.