Lots of us love the Minerva section in the @bmj.com, especially when she tells us to do more of something we love…. like drinking coffee! Here’s the research article. The recommended dose is four cups, to be taken in the morning. #MedSky academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad... - ThreadSky

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trishaelliott.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Lots of us love the Minerva section in the @bmj.com, especially when she tells us to do more of something we love…. like drinking coffee!

Here’s the research article. The recommended dose is four cups, to be taken in the morning.

#MedSky

https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae823/7928645

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kardioklick.bsky.social•7 days ago

I'm still surprised how much attention this observational trial is getting: Health benefits may derive from being rich enough to afford daily hot beverages,not working shifts, maybe a white-collar job in an office - all of which comes with drinking coffee before noon. Hypothesis-generating at best.

trishaelliott.bsky.social•6 days ago

Absolutely. All of these things are not just possible, but likely, confounders.

kardioklick.bsky.social•6 days ago

Me thinks the popularity of this paper is based on confirmation bias. Many people have a somewhat bad conscience about consuming a performance enhancing drug (caffeine) so they more than welcome any (poor) data that speaks in favor.

trishaelliott.bsky.social•6 days ago

I talk a lot about how we must always remember that ice cream “causes” drowning….

Or, at least, there is a strong correlation between ice cream sales and incidences of water related deaths. Both geographically and by season.

#CorrelationDoesNotMeanCausation
#StatisticsSky
#MedSky

kardioklick.bsky.social•6 days ago

trishaelliott.bsky.social•6 days ago

One of my favourite pictures on the internet!

kardioklick.bsky.social•6 days ago

Just recently we discussed the same stuff about red wine - only that alcohol has a record of negative health effects. Same thing: happy consumers went all in towards confirmation bias.

kardioklick.bsky.social•6 days ago

That being said, I do drink about 3 cups of coffee daily happily!

tomhogg.bsky.social•7 days ago

Interesting. I wonder what a dose is. I often have several cups in the morning...

msrobinhosking.bsky.social•7 days ago

Good for the liver too

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