Brad's Take » diuretic http://www.draftresource.com/mytake Ideas on draft horses, Peak Oil, conservation, and low-tech living Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:56:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 w: That explains the explosion in water retension http://www.draftresource.com/mytake/2009/10/05/w-that-explains-the-explosion-in-water-retension/ http://www.draftresource.com/mytake/2009/10/05/w-that-explains-the-explosion-in-water-retension/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:00:29 +0000 Brad K. http://www.draftresource.com/mytake/?p=123 Wired.com occasionally does a chemical analysis of common consumer products. I was breezing through the contents of coffee, when I noticed something interesting.

Caffeine is a diuretic, so coffee newbies pee out the water quickly; java junkies build up resistance.

Diuretics are sometimes prescribed for people with water retention problems, sometimes associated with circulation (heart) problems. My father was. And my father was a life-long coffee drinker. As in, according to this analysis from Wired.com, a diuretic-resistant person, due to a caffeine habit.

Check out the article, read about coffee contains compounds that fight cavities and free-radical damage (antioxidants), provide niacin when hot enough (160 degrees Fahrenheit), and also provide tastes, smells and ptomaine poison components.

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