2017 July 11 « Dr Alf's Blog

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Here’s an excellent read from the London Evening Standard, edited by George Osborne. It reports that Theresa May today faced a Tory rebellion and a stark warning that “thousands” of cancer patients face delays to their treatment as a direct result of Britain’s decision to quit the European nuclear body Euratom. Critically, it points out that the agency, which governs the movement of radioactive material around Europe, is not formally part of the EU but is under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice — leading to the Government’s decision to pull out as part of the Brexit process.

Source: Tory rebellion goes nuclear: nine MPs oppose plan to quit body that would ‘threaten supply of key cancer treatment material’ | London Evening Standard

The article raises a number of important issues. Perhaps, the most important is that this issue seems to be a test of ideology Vs. Best interests – if idealogy prevails, a hard Brexit seems more probable. Secondly, it shines the spotlight on Conservative MPs who are brave enough to stand up for what is right. Thirdly, given the likely deterioration in cancer treatment, which already trails the majority of advanced nations, then the government has no overall strategy – Brexit is about idealogy and damn everything else.

Thoughts?

English: A photo of a cup of coffee. Esperanto: Taso de kafo. Français : Photo d’une tasse de caffé Español: Taza de café (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: How to apply traditional coffee in Syria (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Roasted coffee beans Español: Granos de café tostado (natural). Bahasa Indonesia: Biji kopi alami yang telah disangrai. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

ScienceDaily cites new research from the University of California. It reports that scientists have found that people who drink coffee appear to live longer. The research found that drinking coffee was associated with lower risk of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease. Importantly, people who consumed a cup of coffee a day were 12 percent less likely to die compared to those who didn’t drink coffee and this association was even stronger for those who drank two to three cups a day — 18 percent reduced chance of death.

Source: Drinking coffee could lead to a longer life, scientist says: Whether it’s caffeinated or decaffeinated, coffee is associated with lower mortality, which suggests the association is not tied to caffeine — ScienceDaily

Personally, I’m great coffee lover. I treat myself to the following every day:

A mug of fresh black coffee with no sugar with breakfast
Each morning, I have a double expresso in winter or an ‘expresso freddo’ in summer, both without sagar

Remember that the research is about coffee and when you start adding other ingredients like flavouring there are health risks. Also there are risks from too much coffee.

Enjoy 🙂

Thoughts?