Don't drink the coffee...COFFEE drinkers who have more than three cups a day could significantly increase their chances of suffering a heart attack.
Research suggests that some people who carry a particular variation of a gene cannot process caffeine as quickly as other people. Such individuals could be 60 per cent more likely to have a heart attack if they drink large amounts of coffee.
It is not known how common the gene variation is in the British population. Some studies indicate that up to a third of Caucasians may carry it.
Canadian scientists have discovered that people with the slower metabolism gene variation, known as *1F, run a dramatically higher risk even if they drink only two cups a day.
Researchers found that heavy coffee drinkers under the age of 50 were four times as likely to have an attack compared with those who had one cup a day.
The soda is no better, associated with obesity in teenagers...
Giving teenagers noncaloric alternatives to sweetened beverages seems to help them lose weight and might stem the rise in childhood obesity, according to a new study.
Researchers from Children's Hospital in Boston found that a novel intervention to limit consumption of sugary drinks -- home deliveries of noncaloric beverages -- had a beneficial effect on weight loss.
The trial enrolled 103 children aged 13 to 18, through a Boston area high school. The teens were offered a $100 mall gift certificate if they stuck with the six-month study.
All stayed in the trial, but those who did not receive home deliveries of four daily nonsweetened drinks gained weight, said Cara Ebbeling, who co-led the study with Dr. David Ludwig of the hospital's Division of Endocrinology.
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