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OMG! I’m doing it right!

I could be in worse shape than I am if I didn’t guzzle the stuff pretty much 24/7:

Coffee could halt multiple sclerosis - Telegraph

Drinking several cups of coffee a day could halt the development of multiple sclerosis, the results of a new study suggest.

Researchers hope that the finding may prove to be relevant for other autoimmune diseases, in which the body uses the weapons of its immune system against itself, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

“This is an exciting and unexpected finding, and I think it could be important for the study of MS and other diseases,” said Prof Linda Thompson of Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, who reports the find in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In the study, done in collaboration with Dr Jeffrey Mills and Dr Margaret Bynoe of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, along with colleagues in Finland’s University of Turku, researchers followed the progress of mice that normally developed an MS-like condition as a result of being injected with a vaccine that provoked an immune attack that damages nerves..

The scientists discovered that when the rodents consumed the equivalent of six to eight cups of coffee a day, they did not develop the condition. The finding could lead to new ways to prevent and treat MS, said Prof Thompson.

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At the very least, this should stimulate the market for miniature Starbucks and teeny-tiny laptops.

Last updated on Monday, June 30, 2008