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Cardiovascular Disease
Homocysteine levels may be affected by coffee consumption
February 24th, 2005
All those cups of coffee you drink to get through the day may be affecting your homocysteine levels and, subsequently, your cardiovascular health. According to recent research from Greece, "The aim of this work was to investigate the association between homocysteine levels and coffee consumption in a sample of cardiovascular disease-free men and women. From May 2001 to December 2002, we randomly enrolled 1514 men and 1528 women, stratified by age and gender, from the greater area of Athens. Blood samples were collected in the fasting state." "Among other investigated factors, dietary habits (including coffee consumption in ml per day, adjusted for...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-24)
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