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It was just a couple of days ago that MNB reported on a Kaiser Permanente Medical Care study suggesting coffee consumption may help prevent cirrhosis of the liver.

Which sounds like a good thing. Except…

Another new study by the US National Institutes of Health study found that it can raise the levels of bad 'LDL' cholesterol in decaf coffee drinkers.

And a study by Danish researchers suggests that drinking eight or more cups of coffee a day while pregnant may double the risk of losing the baby.
KC's View:
Sometimes, we think, there is such a thing as too much information.

What we don’t get is under what circumstances a pregnant woman would ever consider drinking eight cups of coffee. Eight cups of coffee isn’t even particularly good for those of us who will never get pregnant.