If you can't get through your day without a coffee break or two,
here's good news for you: What scientists know so far suggests
coffee may help you stay healthy. As usual with medical
research, the operative word is "may." It's hard to know for
sure whether coffee is really causing good effects -- lifestyles
or behaviors associated with coffee consumption may also
influence health. Also, different people have different
tolerances for coffee -- it can have short-term side effects
that make people steer clear of morning brews. So, doctors
aren't quite convinced enough to prescribe coffee -- but they
probably don't need to, because so many people indulge in it
anyway. The point is: In general, regular coffee drinkers won't
be discouraged from continuing the habit, although there are
exceptions. "For most people, for people who don't experience
the side effects, the benefits far outweigh the risks," said Dr.
Donald Hensrud of the Mayo Clinic. Why would coffee be good?
More is known about the overall association b