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  A study done by the University of Illinois says that drinking up to three cups of coffee one hour before a strong work out has benefits.   Reduced perceived pain during and after the work out is just one. Caffeine helps to block Adenosine. A compound your body makes when you have inflammation due to exercise. Making it just a little easer to go that extra mile in that work out.   An increased alertness is one more. This increase give a person the focus that improves your determination to achieve your exercise bench marks. Some study's have demonstrated that pro athletes perform above their base line levels when they consume coffee shorty before they compete in their selected sport.   

   Around 400mg of caffeine per day is commonly cited as a safe intake level for healthy adults. That's about 6-7 cups of black tea, 4-5 cups of home brew coffee, 2-3 Starbucks Grande Lattes, 8 cans of Diet Coke, or 5 cans of Red Bull. A typical serving or portion of caffeine is usually an 8 fl oz cup of home brewed coffee, a 20 fl oz diet cola, a 1.5 fl oz espresso shot and an 8.4 fl oz energy drink, all of which are about equal with a range of approximately 70-90mg.   Caffeine is found in the seeds and leaves of more than 60 plants around the world. Coffee beans, tea leaves, cocoa beans, kola nuts, guarana plants, and yerba mate are just a few that contain caffeine.

 Stop looking for the fountain of youth. I have the answer we have all been looking for. Start you day with a nice hot cup of coffee......  and a second.....and a third. Skip the salad bar at lunch and un wrap an extra large piece of dark chocolate. Your finally home from a hard days work. Kick back un cork a new bottle of red wine and turn on the evening news. Well if all the great news on the health benefits of coffee, dark chocolate and red wine is true how could I be wrong?   Nervous about Trump and Nukes? We can help.

  We love red wine for many reasons. We love it for its deep, rich, earthy notes, for its air of sophistication, and, because the last decade of red wine research has a terrible confirmation bias on its hands, for its supposed health benefits. Each year, a handful of studies say red wine is good for heart health.  Chocolate has a similar status as red wine, according to the Mayo Clinic. There could be some heart benefits, such as lower blood pressure, but any consumption should be in moderation. If you want to add chocolate, make it cocoa or dark chocolate. Chocolate could boost memory, but that study has many of the same drawbacks as the red wine research.   Research suggesting that there may be some potential health benefits to coffee is growing. One recent study found that those who sipped several cups every day had a decreased risk of developing multiple sclerosis. Another, published in the journal Heart, found that consuming three to five cups a day was associat...

  You pulled the trigger and purchased those coffee beans you have always wanted to grind and brew yourself. You spent the additional $5.00 for express shipping.    Now all you have to do is check the mail box every day. The days pass by ....no beans.    Where are my coffee beans? You ask yourself on day 5. As you walk to the lap top to send a nasty e-mail you stop at the freezer to get your next best loved drink.    Your eyes glaze over, your hart skips a beat. There they are hard as a rock and covered with frost. Who did this? You say as your trembling hand clasps the $50.00 frozen block of Central Americas finest coffee beans.     A voice from the other room answers. Did What? You reply, put my coffee beans in the freezer!  That voice in reply says, I did, I wanted to keep them fresh for you. You take a deep breath....What to do? ..What to do? Moral to the story.... Don't freeze coffee beans....