{"id":4764,"date":"2012-12-01T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T16:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4764"},"modified":"2012-12-01T09:24:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T16:24:56","slug":"hail-caffeina-goddess-of-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4764","title":{"rendered":"Hail, Caffeina, Goddess of Health!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA little idol like this one, purchased at the Nashville Parthenon* <\/strong><\/a>gift shop, sits on my bookshelf. Truly, Caffeina rewards her followers, as this article in The Atlantic <\/em>notes:<\/a><\/p>\n

But that caffeine is only mechanism behind coffee’s health effects is supported by a small\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0of 554 Japanese adults from October that looked at coffee and green tea drinking habits in relation to the bundle of risk factors for coronary artery disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes known together as metabolic syndrome. Only coffee — not tea — was associated with reduced risk, mostly because of dramatic reductions observed in serum triglyceride levels.<\/p>\n

So aside from caffeine, just what are you getting in a cup, or two, or six? Thousands of mostly understudied chemicals that contribute to flavor and aroma, including plant phenols, chlorogenic acids, and quinides, all of which function as antioxidents<\/a>.\u00a0Diterpenoids in unfiltered coffee may raise good cholesterol and lower bad cholesterol<\/a>.\u00a0And, okay, there’s also ash which, to be fair, is no more healthful than you would think — though it certainly isn’t bad<\/em> for you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* Is it a functioning Pagan shrine? You bet it is.<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A little idol like this one, purchased at the Nashville Parthenon* gift shop, sits on my bookshelf. Truly, Caffeina rewards her followers, as this article in The Atlantic notes: But that caffeine is only mechanism behind coffee’s health effects is supported by a small\u00a0study\u00a0of 554 Japanese adults from October that looked at coffee and green […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[115,40],"class_list":["post-4764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-food","tag-polytheism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1eQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":263,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=263","url_meta":{"origin":4764,"position":0},"title":"Interfaith games In Austin, Texas,\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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