All parents tell their kids fibs to prevent them from eating unhealthy foods. My dad told me a doozy: drinking coffee would give me fleas in my tummy!
But there are many other widespread myths about coffee that recent scientific studies have dispelled.
The Coffee Science Information Centre says the most common misconception is that it is a diuretic. It does increase the frequency of urination, but not the amount of water you excrete. Coffee has now been included among the fluids that count towards our recommended daily intake of water by the British Dietetic Association.
The most surprising fact I learned is that it is not addictive. We over-use that word. Coffee does not work along the same neural pathways in the brain as an addictive drug or even nicotine would.
By Rozanne Stevens ©Independent.ie
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