Coffee : Poison or Health Elixir?

Written by Stephen Bucaro


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Coffee : Poison or Health Elixir?

By Stephen Bucaro

Computers are very complicated, so computer professionals need to keep their brain synapses firing rapidly. To accomplish this, many computer professionals consume large amounts of coffee. Studies keep coming out that prove coffee is dangerous to our health. Other studies prove those findings to be false. Is coffee bad for us or not?

Does coffee raise blood pressure?

A 2002 study by John Hopkins University that tracked 1,000 former medical students found that heavy coffee drinking is associated with a small increase in blood pressure, but not enough to increaserepparttar 113702 risk for hypertension.

Does coffee cause heart attacks?

A 2000 Finnish study that surveyed more than 20,000 Finnish men and women about their coffee drinking habits and medical history found no evidence that coffee drinking is connected to heart disease.

The study did find that coffee drinkers have poorer health habits than those who drank no coffee. Those who drank coffee were more likely to smoke and have greater amounts of body fat.

Those who drank less than one cup of coffee a day were more likely have back problems, constipation, nausea, gallstones, and congestion, and deaths from heart disease were highest in those who did not drink coffee.

Carbon Monoxide Can Be Deadly--Early Detection Monitors Make It Easy to Protect Your Family

Written by Debra Lynn Dadd


If you burn gas, kerosene, or wood in your home to produce heat for cooking or warmth, you need to monitorrepparttar level of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is odorless and can easily build up to dangerous levels. Ordinary carbon monoxide detectors don't sound an alarm until certain levels of carbon monoxide accumulate inrepparttar 113699 air. New monitors showrepparttar 113700 amount of carbon dioxide inrepparttar 113701 air at any given time, so you can take action well before levels reachrepparttar 113702 danger zone.

HOW CARBON MONOXIDE GETS INTO THE AIR IN YOUR HOME

Carbon monoxide isrepparttar 113703 major toxic combustion by-product that is created when gas, kerosene, or wood is burned to produce heat for cooking or warmth. Other combustion by-products include formaldehyde, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, nitric acid, and vapors from various organic chemicals.

Carbon monoxide and other combustion by-products are produced when fuels do not burn completely. All fuel-burning appliances need air forrepparttar 113704 fuel to burn efficiently. When a generous supply of fresh air is available andrepparttar 113705 fuel is burning properly, there is little danger of poisoning. But when there is inadequate ventilation orrepparttar 113706 appliance is not operating properly, carbon monoxide is produced and can gradually overcome and even kill an unsuspecting bystander. Many years before I was born, my grandmother almost died from carbon monoxide seeping from her gas furnace. It was just by chance that someone walked in and saved her.

SYMPTOMS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

It is possible to identify symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning if you know what to look for. Your body will tell you if there is too much carbon monoxide in your home. Different concentrations of carbon monoxide and different exposure times cause different symptoms.

Mild exposures to carbon monoxide are often confused with repparttar 113707 flu. Symptoms include sleepiness, slight headache, dizziness, flushed skin, disorientation, abnormal reflexes, blurred vision, irritablity, slight nausea, fatigue, and an inability to concentrate.

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