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  Do you drink your coffee black? Well if you do you have a higher likely hood of finding yourself on a no fly list.   All is not lost for us black coffee drinkers. A study sights the preference to a bitter taste as the trait that gives a very small indication towards Psychopathic tendencies including coffee, but not exclusive to black coffee.  Apparently, no one can agree on what constitutes a bitter food or drink. When the researchers asked participants to assess the flavors of specific foods, they found that disagreements with the researchers over whether certain foods were bitter or not.  This could explains why there was a less-than-50-percent correlation between participants saying they liked bitter foods in general and saying they liked the specific bitter foods on a list.  With the good health news coffee has enjoyed over the last year is it any surprise that a study such as this would be long in coming?  

  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...

Think your coffee tastes extra bitter today? You may want to switch mugs. The color of your cup may be affecting the taste of your morning brew, says a new study.     The idea for the study was inspired by a barista who overheard customers claiming they thought coffee drunk from a white mug tasted more bitter than drinking from a clear glass container.  Researchers conducted a series of experiments where participants drank coffee from white, clear and blue mugs and were then asked to analyze taste.  The study found that coffee drunk from a white cup tastes “significantly more intense”—aka less sweet and more bitter—than drinking from a clear or blue mug. The reason?  People tend to associate color with flavor and white is associated with bitterness. The brown color of the coffee “contrasts” significantly with a white drinking cup. Conversely, drinking from a clear cup enhances a drink’s “perceived sweetness.” Blue mugs apparently amplify both swe...

Consuming four cups of coffee a day linked to reduced risk of MS   The good health news on coffee just keeps coming.  A Swedish study say's that people who did not drink coffee in the year prior to MS symptoms were about 1.5 times more likely to develop MS, compared with those who consumed six or more cups of coffee each day.  The researchers also identified a protective effect against MS among people who consumed large amounts of coffee at 5 and 10 years prior to onset of symptoms.  In a US study, the team also found that people who did not drink coffee in the year prior to symptom onset were approximately 1.5 times more likely to develop MS, compared with those who consumed at least four cups of coffee a day.   The team says the protective effect of coffee consumption against MS may be down to the main ingredient of the beverage - caffeine.