Good news on coffee

I used to drink four or five cups of coffee a day, and a cup at bedtime didn’t prevent me from sleeping. I gradually cut down to one cup of full-strength coffee plus two or three cups of decaf, and finally to decaf alone.

More recently I’m back up to one cup of full strength, and the Times makes me wonder whether I should actually drink more. The latest research appearently shows that coffee doesn’t cause heart disease, hypertension, or pancreatic cancer, and it may actually reduce the risk of Parkinson’s and liver cancer. Regular coffee doesn’t even cause dehydration, as we were told for years that it would.