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Great topic! It's been a few years since I read this book, but I remember enjoying it: Mark Pendergrast, "Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World" (Basic Books, 2000).
I assert that coffee is a medicinal product. One of its uses is to prevent headaches. i know this for a fact, because when I go without this medicine I get a headache.Well, OK, it's not quite that simple, but I used to get the headaches as described -- I cut back to the point where there are no withdrawal symptoms.
From memory, there are something like 1000 known chemicals in coffee.
it's a strange substancei would sooner do without nearly anything else
but i didn't drink it until i was nearly 30
now i don't think i could accomplish a thing without it
the headaches are due to constricting blood vessels i believe
i would have to be very careful if i were to ever try to withdraw
the headaches for me are excruciating
it's a very sharp piecing pain in my right temple that makes me wince just thinking about it
if i go beyond a 1/2 hour of my normal coffee time
I looked at the COSHH (Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health) sheet for caffeine recently...very scary stuff...but it is my Rx of choice.Jonathan: thanks for the tip on "Uncommon Grounds".
It's in a big folder on a shelf in front of me.Can't be bothered scanning it.
Sure if you googled it you'd find one.
fine-i just meant who published itNational Institute of Health, Scottish National Institue of Health, New England Journal of Medicine, World Health Orgainzation, World Drink Tea Instead of Coffee Organization
off to google cause i must know
Just don't read the sheet when you find it...it may put you off Java for an hour or so.
yah-the artery constriction is where i get suqeamishhold on
let me go refill my cup
Some of it tastes rank, some of it tastes wonderful. You can cause a cardiac crisis by drinking too much.
It is the black medicine that fuels me.
Any good Hx of coffee out there?
Read "The Devil's Cup" but looking for something a bit more in depth.
Is the dancing goat story real?
Did it's common usage spark the French Revolution?