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Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by kyykky »

skissane wrote: post #57
fumufumu wrote: post #42

Is this a valid study? (most dietary studies are pretty poor) Is it the lack of sugar or is that people who don't put sugar in their coffee have a bunch of other things they do? Maybe people who don't put sugar in their coffee are less likely to eat donuts. Maybe people who don't put sugar in their coffee are more likely to workout. Maybe people who don't put sugar in their coffee are more like to have better genes f…

> Is this a valid study? It’s a very American study. Who puts cream in their coffee?! And what about cappuccinos? (Almost all of my coffee consumption is cappuccinos…)

Espresso/cappuccino usage will increase cholesterol in blood. Consider drinking filtered coffee instead.

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by coldtea »

refactor_master wrote: post #68
rukshn wrote: post #59

Something that my medical professor used to tell us was that sugar and salt are man made things (processed sugar). And not something we found in nature and something that our bodies are not evolutionary developed to handle. So too much of salt and sugar was a good thing. So which makes sense

Salt is a manmade thing? Espresso and cappuccino isn’t? I… what?

>Salt is a manmade thing?

Plants and animal meat don't have salt - they have sodium (or sodium ions).

Humans harvest, refine, and even enrich (e.g. with iodine) salt deposits to create table salt used in cooking and produced food stuff.

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by PeterStuer »

rukshn wrote: post #59

Something that my medical professor used to tell us was that sugar and salt are man made things (processed sugar). And not something we found in nature and something that our bodies are not evolutionary developed to handle. So too much of salt and sugar was a good thing. So which makes sense

Salt is manmade? Ever visit a saltmine?

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by rich_sasha »

kyykky wrote: post #71
skissane wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is this a valid study? It’s a very American study. Who puts cream in their coffee?! And what about cappuccinos? (Almost all of my coffee consumption is cappuccinos…)

Espresso/cappuccino usage will increase cholesterol in blood. Consider drinking filtered coffee instead.

Is that right? You make me concerned. Could you suggest a source please? Thank you.

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by skissane »

coldtea wrote: post #69
skissane wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is this a valid study? It’s a very American study. Who puts cream in their coffee?! And what about cappuccinos? (Almost all of my coffee consumption is cappuccinos…)

> Who puts cream in their coffee?! Lots of people all over Europe too

Europeans doing this is something new to me. Where in Europe is it common?

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by globular-toast »

coldtea wrote: post #69
skissane wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is this a valid study? It’s a very American study. Who puts cream in their coffee?! And what about cappuccinos? (Almost all of my coffee consumption is cappuccinos…)

> Who puts cream in their coffee?! Lots of people all over Europe too

Where? I've been most places and never encountered this. It should be noted that in the US "half and half" is popular which isn't a thing in Europe but would be referred to as "cream" by Americans.

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by skissane »

kyykky wrote: post #71
skissane wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is this a valid study? It’s a very American study. Who puts cream in their coffee?! And what about cappuccinos? (Almost all of my coffee consumption is cappuccinos…)

Espresso/cappuccino usage will increase cholesterol in blood. Consider drinking filtered coffee instead.

This doesn’t make any sense - chemically espresso and filtered coffee are very similar. There are some subtle differences which contribute to the differences in taste between them, but it seems unlikely those make any contribution to cholesterol

Drinking a lot of cappuccinos could potentially raise cholesterol levels due to heavy milk consumption. But if you have them with skim milk, that reduces that problem.

Plus I personally have abnormally low blood cholesterol (in spite of a heavy cappuccino habit). My doctor thinks it is a harmless genetic mutation in cholesterol metabolism. At least one of my siblings has the same thing which supports my doctor’s theory.

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by mongol »

rich_sasha wrote: post #74
kyykky wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Espresso/cappuccino usage will increase cholesterol in blood. Consider drinking filtered coffee instead.

Is that right? You make me concerned. Could you suggest a source please? Thank you.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8995942/

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by manmal »

skissane wrote: post #75
coldtea wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Who puts cream in their coffee?! Lots of people all over Europe too

Europeans doing this is something new to me. Where in Europe is it common?

The Viennese often add whipped cream on top.

Re: Coffee reduces risk of Type 2 Diabetes; okay to add cream, but not sweetener

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Post by mariusor »

kyykky wrote: post #71
skissane wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is this a valid study? It’s a very American study. Who puts cream in their coffee?! And what about cappuccinos? (Almost all of my coffee consumption is cappuccinos…)

Espresso/cappuccino usage will increase cholesterol in blood. Consider drinking filtered coffee instead.

One is not like the other though. How does espresso increase cholesterol, it's just water and coffee in there, just like filter?
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