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Re:Consumption of a dark roast coffee blend reduces DNA dama... by coldtea on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:49AM (#18919227)
Does it have "all the alleged good stuff"? Most of the alleged good effects are in caffeine itself...

If you just want antioxidants (which are themselves oversold too) just eat some berries or something...

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Re:Consumption of a dark roast coffee blend reduces DNA dama... by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @02:09PM (#18923904)
> Most of the alleged good effects are in caffeine itself...

I vaguely doubt that.

I mean, this could be tested. Three groups: cold turkey controls, crappy tasting instant coffee group (or even just give them a caffeine pill or something), and full-aroma real coffee group. Groups 2 and 3 get the same amount of caffeine. Now compare the outcomes.

That would be very interesting.

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