Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition

Re:Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies ph... by fermiNitambh on Friday April 24, 2026 @05:28AM (#47887766)

I like this worldview. Prior to coffee, Europe was in the grip of the beer dwarves. Coffee demons took over and invented nationalism, capitalism and Keynesian economics.

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Re:Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies ph... by nervousvarun on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:19AM (#47888625)

Obligatory recommendation for: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed our World by Mark Pendergrast

Fantastic book. I first encountered it...in a coffee shop :) Read a chapter and immediately bought the book for myself.

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Re:Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies ph... by anonym29 on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:04AM (#47888508)

At least the coffee demons aren't quite as bad as the amphetamine demons that produced Nazi Germany.

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Re:Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies ph... by barrenko on Friday April 24, 2026 @10:44AM (#47891012)

We could view as amphetamine vs. coffee / black tea.

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Re:Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies ph... by malicka on Friday April 24, 2026 @10:20AM (#47890698)

Putting Keynesian economics next to nationalism on the evil list was so funny, I almost spit out my coffee.

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Re:Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies ph... by sph on Saturday April 25, 2026 @04:43AM (#47899800)

Is it? Keynesian economics created the economic framework to finance World Wars.

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