jokes on you my brain doesn't know what a year is

Fun Fact: High Fructose Corn syrup isn't an artificial sweetener

Op drinks 2 cases a day

What about coffee?

I heard it's good for your gut.

Diet coke is a left wing drink, I drink seltzer like any real right wing person.


Glorious.

Originally posted by Ice Robertson:

What about coffee?

I heard it's good for your gut.

Black coffee from fresh beans, no milk, no sugar.

Originally posted by Ice Robertson:

What about coffee?

I heard it's good for your gut.

I just ran a scan for recent studies on coffee as it's a particularly interesting drug.

1. Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity
A large UK Biobank study found that moderate coffee or caffeine intake (≈ 3 cups/day, or ~200-300 mg caffeine) was linked with ~40-50% lower risk of developing cardiometabolic multimorbidity (having 2+ of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke), compared to people with very low or no caffeine.

2. Type 2 Diabetes & Coffee Additives
From US cohort studies (Nurses’ Health / Health Professionals): each extra cup of black coffee (no or minimal additives) was associated with ~10% lower risk of type 2 diabetes. But that benefit was weakened when people added sugar or artificial sweeteners.

3. Cancer Survival (Coffee & Tea)
Review/meta-analysis of 26 prospective studies (≈ 40,000 cancer patients) showed high intake of coffee and/or tea is associated with ~24% reduced risk of cancer progression/recurrence/death (i.e. better survival). The strongest evidence was for colorectal cancer; less strong but still positive for breast cancer and others.

4. Coffee & Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
Using randomized genetics (Mendelian randomization), a study looked for causal links between coffee consumption and liver cancer (HCC). The result: no statistically significant effect detected. So while observational studies often suggest benefit, the genetic-instrumented data here did not confirm a strong causal protection.

5. Coffee & Hypertension
A meta-analysis of observational studies (cohorts and cross-sectional) up to Feb 2023 found that higher coffee consumption was associated with a ~7% reduced risk of developing high blood pressure in cohort studies. Cross-sectional studies (which are less strong methodologically) showed a more pronounced reduction.

6. Mortality & Overall Health Outcomes
A broad review in Nutrients (2025) summarized lots of studies and concluded that moderate coffee intake (3-5 cups/day) is more often associated with benefits than harms across a wide range of outcomes: reduced all-cause mortality, lower risks of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline, certain cancers.

7. Healthy Aging
One recent study looking at women followed for ~30 years found that those who consumed caffeinated coffee daily (≈ 315 mg caffeine per day, i.e.\ ~3 small cups) were more likely to experience “healthy aging” (living past 70 without major chronic disease; keeping good physical, cognitive and mental health).

Originally posted by Arvaos ⚚:

I just ran a scan for recent studies on coffee as it's a particularly interesting drug.

You "ran a scan"? Are you admitting to be a bot?

Anything is bad for you if you consume enough of it, even water. The fear mongering of diet or substitute foods and drinks is dumb and they have been proven to be safe for consumption in moderation.

Originally posted by Mason:

Anything is bad for you if you consume enough of it, even water. The fear mongering of diet or substitute foods and drinks is dumb and they have been proven to be safe for consumption in moderation.

Big Soda won’t fool me ever friend.

I’ll drink my bubbly water take your chemical sweeteners elsewhere

these sweeteners are not only in drinks, they are also in some snacks.

Originally posted by DoomsDay:

these sweeteners are not only in drinks, they are also in some snacks.

Yep always read labels

Originally posted by Fake:

Fun Fact: High Fructose Corn syrup isn't an artificial sweetener

Fun Fact: High Fructose Corn Syrup is known to cause the cilia in the intestines to lie down, and leads to inflammation in the gut.

meh, not if microplastics get to it first.

This is something I mention to others but people will never get it (that artificial sugars have certain side effects that white sugar seems better). But agree that there's sugar and artificial sugars in the majority of common products sold at a typical supermarket.