Avoid Liver Stiffness by Drinking Coffee http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/ You can help out your liver by drinking coffee, even if you drink too much alcohol or have a really bad diet. That is what a study published in the Journal of Hepatology (liver) says. Coffee and herbal tea consumption is associated with lower liver stiffness in the general population. Coffee and tea have been proposed to limit the progression of liver fibrosis in established liver disease, but it is unknown if this is also true for subclinical fibrosis. We therefore aimed to evaluate whether coffee and tea consumption are associated with liver stiffness in the general population. Here is the summary of their results in plain words. Lay summary The Rotterdam Study is a large ongoing population study of suburban inhabitants of Rotterdam in whom data on liver stiffness, as proxy for liver fibrosis, presence of fatty liver on ultrasound and detailed information on coffee and tea consumption were obtained in 2,424 participants. The consumption of herbal tea and daily consumption of three or more cups of coffee was related to the presence of lower liver stiffness, independent of a great number of other lifestyle and environmental factors. Previous studies have found a protective effect of coffee on established liver disease and we now show for the first time that this effect is already measurable in the general population. Researchers previously knew that people with a predisposition for liver disease were helped by drinking coffee but now it turns out that the protective effect of coffee is seen in all persons. We recently wrote that the incidence of liver cancer is lower in coffee drinkers.

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2. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
You can help out your liver by
drinking coffee, even if you drink
too much alcohol or have a
really bad diet.

3. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
That is what a study published
in the Journal of Hepatology
(liver) says.

4. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Coffee and herbal tea
consumption is associated with
lower liver stiffness in the
general population.

5. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Coffee and tea have been
proposed to limit the
progression of liver fibrosis in
established liver disease, but it
is unknown if this is also true for
subclinical fibrosis.

6. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
We therefore aimed to evaluate
whether coffee and tea
consumption are associated
with liver stiffness in the general
population.

7. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Here is the summary of their
results in plain words.

8. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Lay summary

9. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
The Rotterdam Study is a large
ongoing population study of suburban
inhabitants of Rotterdam in whom
data on liver stiffness, as proxy for
liver fibrosis, presence of fatty liver on
ultrasound and detailed information
on coffee and tea consumption were
obtained in 2,424 participants.

10. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
The consumption of herbal tea and
daily consumption of three or more
cups of coffee was related to the
presence of lower liver stiffness,
independent of a great number of
other lifestyle and environmental
factors.

11. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Previous studies have found a
protective effect of coffee on
established liver disease and we
now show for the first time that
this effect is already measurable
in the general population.

12. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Researchers previously knew
that people with a predisposition
for liver disease were helped by
drinking coffee but now it turns
out that the protective effect of
coffee is seen in all persons.

13. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
We recently wrote that the
incidence of liver cancer is lower
in coffee drinkers.

14. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
[R]esearchers report that drinking a
cup of coffee a day was associated
with a twenty percent reduction in
hepatocellular carcinoma, two cups
a day with a 35 percent reduction
and five cups a day with a
reduction of 50 percent.

15. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Even decaf drinkers had a
fourteen percent risk reduction.

16. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Is organic coffee a better choice
in this regard or is it just as good
to drink regular coffee?

17. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Both studies, for liver stiffness
and for cancer, only looked at
coffee consumption and not
specifically for organic coffee
drinkers.

18. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
However, increased health
benefits come from drinking
organic coffee because organic
coffee drinkers avoid the up to
150 contaminants that can be
found in regular coffee.

19. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
This is because organic coffee
certification requires that coffee
is grown without the use of
herbicides, pesticides or
fungicides and without the use
synthetic fertilizers.

20. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Shade grown organic coffee
especially is commonly grown in
a totally natural environment
without artificial additives to
pollute your cup of coffee.

21. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
The antioxidants in coffee carry
most of the benefits of drinking
coffee but why challenge the good
that antioxidants do by adding
impurities that in and of themselves
may cause disease?

22. http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1978/avoid-
liver-stiffness-by-drinking-coffee/
Our suggestion is to stick with
organic coffee and get the many
health benefits of coffee without
the unwelcome additives that
too often enter the commercial
coffee food chain.