Re: Coffee and cholestrol
From: Zee (fresh~horses_at_despammed.com)
Date: 10/08/04
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Date: 7 Oct 2004 20:23:59 -0700
Matti Narkia wrote:
> 06 Oct 2004 19:41:17 GMT in article
> <Xns957AA053CF58Asome1outthere@38.144.126.103> listener
> <listener@nospam.net> wrote:
>
> >fyfpoon@hotmail.com (francispoon) wrote in
> >news:936eaee8.0410060953.659a739c@posting.google.com:
> >
> >> A doctor in Vancouver told my friend that coffee increases the bad
> >> cholestrol in our body. Is there any truth to that?
> >>
> >> All views appreciated,
> >>
> >> FP
> >>
> >
> >There was a study in 2001 that found a statistically significant
dose
> >response between (unfiltered)coffee drinking and both total and
low-density
> >lipoprotein cholesterol levels. There is also some research that
purports a
> >rise in homocysteine levels coffee. I think in both instances it
relates to
> >regular coffee (not decaf) and 4 - 6 cups per day.
> >
> You are right on both accounts: unfiltered coffee raises cholesterol
and
> large amount (1 L) of unfiltered coffee daily raises serum
homocysteine
> concentration. Coffee contains cholesterol raising substances called
> cafestol and kahweol, which are retained by a paper filter.
>
> I'm not sure if decaf has cafestol and kahweol left, but my guess is
that it
> has. If it has and if it's not filtered, it will probably also raise
> cholesterol.
>
> Related Medline references: <<<many>>>
This is very depressing.
Zee
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