This message1One handedness is nearly over, so I’m using a variation of a previous post. is for coffee lovers, coffee likers, and those who say they don’t need coffee, but drink it anyway. If you just have tea, substitute the t word wherever you see the c word.
Awesome, I say again!
Scientific studies (not the ones that said the opposite) give evidence that the teeny-weeny little parts of coffee that are harmful are so insignificant that we are more apt to die from breathing than from consumption of them.
I remember reading a study that confirmed that cranberries would not kill us. Well, I sort of remember something about one would have to consume a quart a day every day for about twenty or so years for whatever was in the cranberries to do the deed.
Oh no! I’ve had about four or more cups (mugs) of coffee nearly every day for many more than 20 years. Four cups are a quart, so …! But wait, I drank coffee not cranberry juice.
Then there’s water. A few years ago, a study indicated that mercury2 the shiny stuff no longer allowed in thermometers, not the car last produced in January, 2011 in Columbia River water was at a level that death could occur in some users of that water. There is irrefutable evidence that in a sufficient quantity, mercury is known to be toxic to humans.
However, I and many other octogenarians are survivors of mercury in our mouths because it is found in the amalgam dental fillings we had or still have.3Mine, however, have been replaced. Mercury like nearly everything not manmade is a naturally occurring substance, found in air, water, and soil. Isn’t that everything?
I guess I could mention Radon, but nah!
Well, I need to quit before I get into a great controversy I can’t talk my way out of which I cannot talk my way out. Don’t want to end in a preposition which back in the day could poison one’s GPA!
But more important, it’s coffee break time.
Just say’n.
Notes
- 1One handedness is nearly over, so I’m using a variation of a previous post.
- 2the shiny stuff no longer allowed in thermometers, not the car last produced in January, 2011
- 3Mine, however, have been replaced.
- 4see my August 9 post
For the love of overthinklng