{"id":215,"date":"2012-01-30T22:33:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T03:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2012-01-30T22:33:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T03:33:49","slug":"coffee-better-for-you-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"Coffee: Better For You Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere along the line coffee got a bad wrap as being &#8220;bad&#8221; for you. While not all the effects of coffee are positive (such as dehydration) the research continues on its benefits. According to Frank Hu, MD, MPH, PhD:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere is certainly much more good news than bad news, in terms of coffee and health,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Studies have shown patterns that people who drink coffee are less likely to have Type 2 Diabetes, Parkinson&#8217;s Disease, and dementia. Fewer cases of certain cancers, heart rhythm problems, and strokes have also been observed in people who drink coffee.<\/p>\n<p>But like with everything in this world, there is such thing as too much of a good thing. So when you pour your morning coffee, take confidence that you are helping your body, but don&#8217;t go overboard.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the health benefits of coffee can be found here: <a title=\"WebMD's Benefits of Coffee\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/food-recipes\/features\/coffee-new-health-food\" target=\"_blank\">WebMD&#8217;s Health Benefits of Coffee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere along the line coffee got a bad wrap as being &#8220;bad&#8221; for you. While not all the effects of coffee are positive (such as dehydration) the research continues on its benefits. According to Frank Hu, MD, MPH, PhD: \u201cThere &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/?p=215\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,29,40,10],"tags":[46,14,31],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-health","category-study","category-supplements","tag-coffee","tag-healthy-options","tag-webmd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}