I'm very very happy to read this Leon and will continue with my 2 cups a day.

The only thought I had about a possible downside was if coffee was bad for the kidneys.  As I rarely drink a lot of anything else perhaps this may be a hidden trap.  I'm sure research will come out with anything later on if applicable.  Until then I'll have sugar (ouch) with that.

My day does't start until I have had at least two cups of coffee. Used to be a couple of cigarettes too, but I packed them in 16 years ago, maybe thats why I'm still here!!                                                                                                                 

You've just won me a bet MICK, thanks. I bet my wife you would be the first to post and you did. That's a pint or 3 I owe you.

What about Malcolm Turnbull?

"Another study has reinforced the possible health benefits of coffee, this one claiming that it may reduce the risk of age-related cognitive decline, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease."

Yep, I can well believe that especially after reading the effect it had on some Ethiopian goats. 

Legend has it that Kaldi, a lonely goat herder in ninth-century Ethiopia, discovered the energising and invigorating effects of coffee when he saw his goats getting excited after eating some berries from a tree. Kaldi told the abbot of the local monastery about this and the abbot came up with the idea of drying and boiling the berries to make a beverage. He threw the berries into the fire, whence the unmistakable aroma of what we now know as coffee drifted through the night air. The now roasted beans were raked from the embers, ground up and dissolved in hot water: so was made the world’s first cup of coffee.

Who am I to argue with Kaldi?

I admit to being addicted to coffee after stopping smoking, so I hope the reports are correct.

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Coffee will dehydrate your liver, and does not have anymore benefits than a good wholefood diet with lots of veg and fruit. I would suspect that this is coming form the coffee industry who are out to protect their own interests. 

One of the best things I ever did was give up coffee, save heaps of money, sleep better, a much calmer person than I was, and no cravings.