On other hand, there are those who swear by cooking prime rib in a hot oven. This method reduces prime rib cooking times to minimum while searing exterior of meat so that it contains juices. When placed in a 500° oven, a 12 pound roast will cook in less than an hour.

This fast cooking method, however, depends on roast staying in warm oven for at least one more hour after heat is turned off. During this time, meat is still cooking, so you could say that this method requires prime rib cooking times of three hours.

No matter which way you cook meat, you have to check interior temperature to make sure that it is cooked all way through. A good-quality meat thermometer will tell you temperature of roast and you might have to extend prime rib cooking times by an hour or two.

Hans is author of Steaks, Seafood and Barbeque guide at Steaks-Guide.com

The risk of asthma symptoms fell by 28% when patients drank three or more cups of coffee every day.

In 1992, Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II) examined over twenty thousand Americans. The study found that risk of symptoms from patients with asthma going into study fell dramatically (over 29%) when patients who regularly drank coffee were compared with patients who did not drink coffee on a regular basis.

In addition, risk of patients suffering from wheeze fell almost 13%. A relationship was also found between amount of coffee consumed and effects gained by asthma patients. Those who drank more coffee had fewer symptoms; those who drank less coffee had more symptoms.

Another smaller coffee and asthma study was performed on nine adult asthmatics using four daily doses of caffeine similar to doses contained in coffee. This study showed a dose response effect of caffeine on forced expiratory volume (FEV), forced expiratory flow (FEF) and specific airway conductance (Gaw/VL). This data also suggests that caffeine is an effective tool to use in opening airways during an onset of asthma.

While doctors will never advise drinking coffee as sole treatment for asthma as they did hundreds of years ago, they do agree that caffeine found in coffee is particularly beneficial in an emergency situation. Anecdotal evidence shows that people have used coffee in situations where inhalers were completely unavailable, such as when on vacations and on an airplane. Coffees are particularly useful in these situations, as patients might otherwise suffer serious consequences due to their inability to breathe properly.

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