Coffee on the Agenda, Again

Well, my goodness! I really start to wonder, whether or not coffee is good for us or not!?! I have been drinking coffee for years. I am not a heavy drinker, or anything like that. Although it is a little harder to get up and go without it. I have read so much against drinking the stuff, and then... All of a sudden its like I am not drinking enough of it. This article that I just read.... Makes me think what really is going on!

"Earlier studies indicating that coffee may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes may not have been mere aberrations. According to a new Johns Hopkins University report, regular coffee drinkers are indeed less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who avoid coffee altogether. The current study was based on data from over 12,000 middle-aged adults, whose lifestyles and diabetes status were monitored over the course of 12 years. Among those adults who drank four or more cups of coffee each day, diabetes rates were 33% lower than among non-coffee drinkers. Researchers identified the coffee compounds magnesium and chlorogenic acid, which may regulate blood sugar, as possible factors in the link. Complete findings from the study were published in a recent issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology" .LifeScripts.com

Yea, with reading this, Now I am not drinking enough... really!I usually drink about 2 cups a day. I cannot imagine to drink more than that, at least for me. In reading so much about things against caffiene, I am really starting to wonder.... Is anyone just as confused as I am?

PEACE!

Decision Made

I knew that when I started with this Blogg thing, I was not sure exactly what I would be really posting about. With all the things that I have been faced with lately, I have decided that I cannot just continue to write about my personal situations. I needed to get a 'base' of what I wanted to share. I have been researching health issues when I am not posting, so I figure, why not share what I am learning when I am not here posting. I know that when I first found out that I was a Diabetic, I tried to read so much about it, that I thought there really ought to be a very simple cure to this disease.

I had no idea of all the various conditions that can happen to someone, when your blood sugar is not under control. With reading the updates and more research on health issues, it seems that there are more things that have become a factor with this controllable disease. I realize that you are supposed to attend a class, when you first find out, that you have Diabetes; Now ask me if I made it to that class? I wanted to learn on my own. I am not saying not to attend the class that your doctor reccomends for you, I am just saying that not many of us will attend that class, whether it is due to work schedule, or just scheduling to fit your everyday life, availability of the class offered... Yada yada yada... I know!

So, with that said, I am going to do my share in spreading the Awareness of the health issues that are involved.

PEACE!