Our in-house nutritionist, who is a sweet if optimistic girl, put up displays outside all the company cafeterias on the Evils of Caffeine
See, they keep changing their mind on this. For a while, it was all Caffeine = EVIL. But I've seen things recently where scientists are saying that 1 or 2 cups of coffee a day aren't really harmful and, in fact, might have some health benefits.
Okay, I just went and looked it up and this is my favorite part:
Coffee even offsets some of the damage caused by other vices, some research indicates. "People who smoke and are heavy drinkers have less heart disease and liver damage when they regularly consume large amounts of coffee compared to those who don't," says DePaulis.
Frankenbuddha, that was a follow-up to my last crazy nutritionist story.
Betsy, was there a checkbox for "I find the in-house nutritionist creepy and intrusive"?
Coffee even offsets some of the damage caused by other vices, some research indicates. "People who smoke and are heavy drinkers have less heart disease and liver damage when they regularly consume large amounts of coffee compared to those who don't," says DePaulis.
What if you smoke, but only occasionally have a couple of glasses of wine?
No. Nor was there a checkbox for "There are certain activities I prefer to pretend that my co-workers never need to perform."
What if you smoke, but only occasionally have a couple of glasses of wine?
You should probably still drink coffee. Just in case.
hmph. None of you support my non-coffee lifestyle choice.
Allyson, I totally support you and validate your choice.
Of course I'm now drinking more coffee than ever before¹, so what do I know?
¹ This translates to three or four cups a week. I'm a wild woman.
I do. Because (A) I am nice and (B) you have an excellent reason and (C) you could mock me to death.
Ooh, look at ita and her fancy superscripts.
