The Smell of Coffee

It's amusing to discover that coffee was once touted as a ground-breaking treatment for the Plague in 18th century Europe. Okay, so it didn't work, but look at what it can do.

Its been nothing but roses over the last year for us coffee drinkers needing a scientific reason to validate our habit. The past 365 days have yielded no less than four separate studies on the beneficial health effects of drinking coffee: reducing the risk of liver cancer, protection from age-related memory decline, cutting the risk of colon cancer in half, and caffeine plus exercise might contribute to lower risk of skin cancer.

This week, we look at a study that shows even just the smell of freshly brewed coffee can help relieve stress, something I've known all along.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative." - H. G. Wells (English author, historian, & utopian, 1866 - 1946)

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