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It’s good, it’s bad, it’s good, it’s bad, it’s…
Fuck it, life is better with coffee, and fruit.
Nothing is 100% good or 100% bad. Even oxygen has problems that are caused in the body.
Coffee, like many things, can cause some health issues, but also some health benefits.
The problem is that the headlines only talk about this specific effect studied. When you get down the details, it's a lot less clear cut then "drink coffee = live longer" or "drink coffee = die younger"
This is why I hate science reporting in the media.
life is better with coffee
enjoy while you can, because climate change is ruining this too
10 bucks says the studies were paid for by coffee and fruit industries.
Yeah I came here to say 'study sponsored by Starbucks'
Which I'd bet 90% of the drinks they sell to people are less than a splash of coffee with 15 pumps of caramel and milk. It's like a splash of coffee for color like coke in a Long Island Iced tea.
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They were funded by one and found success in another.
They would have made sense if one worked and they were funded by the same industry
Would have made sense if they simply found success in their results and published them
They said that it works when combining coffee and fruit. Which one paid for it? Both would have told the other industry to pay for the study. It's definitely only coffee or "fruit".
One was actually meaningful. Guessing fruit was actually beneficial and coffee paid the bill but it's definitely a red flag to include both in the finding. Either coffee is good and fruit is meaningless, or the other way around.
Tbh, "fruit" is such a large category that there's no way they studied every fruit. They "studied coffee" and added "fruit" so they could post a benefit. I love coffee but this study is bullshit.
it blows my mind how many people don't eat any fruit or veg at all.
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I drink coffee and eat fruit every morning. I’ll let yall know if I die early on account of it!
Halve, not have
Must be the coffee and fruit shutting my brain down already. I didn’t even catch that. Now I gotta live longer accidentally doing the right thing!
The funny thing is that in French, those 2 words are spelled and said exactly the same way.
gotta add 2 shots of whiskey and 3 cigs to complete that breakfast.
Based on my fruit and coffintake, I’m living forever. Ignore the alcohol.
I don't know if that's a typo or not. But I like it.
Can anyone find the study?
It seems this story is based on an unpublished paper abstract presented at European Congress on Obesity 2026 titled "Higher Dietary Polyphenol Intake Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Short Telomeres: Evidence from the SUN Cohort Study".
You can see it in the conference program.
https://eco2026.org/assets/docs/programme-book.pdf
And here is another reference.
As far as I can tell it's not yet published. Why on earth would this be reported if it hasn't made it through the publishing process? Lol
Here is a reaction to the findings that were presented at the conference mentioned in the op article.
because it makes for good click bait
Too bad coffee tastes like trash to this guy.
Guess I'll die.
I do often eat some fruit, though.
I'd rather take years off my life than having to suffer every day by drinking coffee.
Yep, you'll die if you're not addicted to caffeine
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What about a strawberry flavored monster??? Is that the same or...?
What about 2-3 STOK Cappuccino 48oz bottles a day, and a Bang to help me calm down after?
How about substituting fruit with a cigarette?
I think that's called a Continental Breakfast.
Don't mind if I do
But I drink black tea, n bunch of fruits.
Is green tea any good??
Pu Erh is probably the healthiest stimulant hot drink available. Green teas are a close second.
@LustLive I have decaf tea and a decent amount of dextro amphetamine each day. Hoping that works too.
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