Comments on: the French Press http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/ ...no one of consequence Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:40:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: nooc http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-140 nooc Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:24:31 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-140 ...and apparently i can only spell "compound" right 2 out of 3 times! …and apparently i can only spell “compound” right 2 out of 3 times!

]]> By: nooc http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-139 nooc Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:22:20 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-139 The pot thickens.... :P The research of the in-house coffee fanatics into this matter is ongoing. They asked me to mention that according to their research, coffee itself has no cholesterol but rather contains a compound that interacts in our bodies in such a way as to raise our cholesterol levels. Potentially, anyway. It doesn't always... but is more likely to if you have pre-existing high cholesterol issues. Filtering reduces but does not completely eliminate this compund from the coffee. It became common wisdom prior to the 70's (when filters really caught on) to eliminate coffee in response to high cholesterol or high blood pressure because coffee was pretty much all perc'd without a filter back then... making the health issue much more widespread and therefore the blanket warning included those who could drink coffee without having the compund raise their cholesterol. What is your research finding? nooc The pot thickens…. :P

The research of the in-house coffee fanatics into this matter is ongoing.

They asked me to mention that according to their research, coffee itself has no cholesterol but rather contains a compound that interacts in our bodies in such a way as to raise our cholesterol levels. Potentially, anyway. It doesn’t always… but is more likely to if you have pre-existing high cholesterol issues.

Filtering reduces but does not completely eliminate this compund from the coffee.

It became common wisdom prior to the 70’s (when filters really caught on) to eliminate coffee in response to high cholesterol or high blood pressure because coffee was pretty much all perc’d without a filter back then… making the health issue much more widespread and therefore the blanket warning included those who could drink coffee without having the compund raise their cholesterol.

What is your research finding?

nooc

]]> By: mixedmoss http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-131 mixedmoss Mon, 22 May 2006 14:44:42 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-131 No One Of Notoriety? No One Of Notoriety?

]]> By: nooc http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-130 nooc Tue, 16 May 2006 15:22:46 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-130 HAHAHAHA - I signed my last comment "noon" instead of nooc. That really made me laugh. nooC HAHAHAHA - I signed my last comment “noon” instead of nooc. That really made me laugh.

nooC

]]> By: nooc http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-129 nooc Tue, 16 May 2006 14:29:33 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-129 Thanks for the info adria. I passed it along... don't think anybody as hooked as she is will change her ways though. Welcome to vox Doug! I'll pop over to your site post haste! (whatever that means). noon Thanks for the info adria. I passed it along… don’t think anybody as hooked as she is will change her ways though.

Welcome to vox Doug! I’ll pop over to your site post haste! (whatever that means).

noon

]]> By: Duglas http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-128 Duglas Mon, 15 May 2006 03:25:05 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-128 Thanks for the health update. Just had some of that tested. Since the Doc hasn't called me, I hope that's a good thing. Greg, I am taking the plunge into the Vox. I hope you don't mind me picking your brain on how to possibly jazz it up a little. http://just4clowns.voxtropolis.com/ PS - Like I said, we could talk about it around a nice cup of...yeah...coffee!! Thanks for the health update. Just had some of that tested. Since the Doc hasn’t called me, I hope that’s a good thing.

Greg, I am taking the plunge into the Vox. I hope you don’t mind me picking your brain on how to possibly jazz it up a little.
http://just4clowns.voxtropolis.com/

PS - Like I said, we could talk about it around a nice cup of…yeah…coffee!!

]]> By: adria http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-127 adria Mon, 15 May 2006 03:19:28 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-127 "Studies have consistently shown that drinking a lot of French press coffee increases low-density lipoprotein, the bad cholesterol" (http://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/Public/NewsDetails.aspx?ArticleID=532299) This is the main health issue, Duglas. If you don't already know your choleterol level, you might want to get info on that before you freak out. It probably affects choleterol levels in the same way as other foods, but it's good to at least know that. We don't normally think of cholesterol being in a beverage, which allows the health implications of drinking a lot of French Press coffee to go unrecognized. You can keep researching if you want to, but this is what I found. Thanks for the conversation, all. I've enjoyed it. “Studies have consistently shown that drinking a lot of French press coffee increases low-density lipoprotein, the bad cholesterol”

(http://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/Public/NewsDetails.aspx?ArticleID=532299)

This is the main health issue, Duglas. If you don’t already know your choleterol level, you might want to get info on that before you freak out. It probably affects choleterol levels in the same way as other foods, but it’s good to at least know that. We don’t normally think of cholesterol being in a beverage, which allows the health implications of drinking a lot of French Press coffee to go unrecognized. You can keep researching if you want to, but this is what I found.

Thanks for the conversation, all. I’ve enjoyed it.

]]> By: Duglas http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-126 Duglas Mon, 15 May 2006 02:55:55 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-126 Hey, I enjoy a pot or 2 a week (and I mean the entire 8-4oz ones) and am getting a bit freaked out with the unhealthy talk. I thot the natural oils were good for you!! Greg - I know of a great roasting place in the city, give me a call. You can also check my blog regarding the response to the conference. I should have something up this week. Maybe we can get together and discuss around a pot of....you know....coffee...mmmmm. Hey,
I enjoy a pot or 2 a week (and I mean the entire 8-4oz ones) and am getting a bit freaked out with the unhealthy talk. I thot the natural oils were good for you!!
Greg - I know of a great roasting place in the city, give me a call. You can also check my blog regarding the response to the conference. I should have something up this week. Maybe we can get together and discuss around a pot of….you know….coffee…mmmmm.

]]> By: nooc http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-121 nooc Fri, 12 May 2006 17:11:47 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-121 And just thought you should know... my church secretary, who has drunk several pots of French Press coffee each day for years utterly disregards your opinions regarding the health of drinking it daily. Got any proof I can forward to her? Thanks, nooc And just thought you should know… my church secretary, who has drunk several pots of French Press coffee each day for years utterly disregards your opinions regarding the health of drinking it daily.

Got any proof I can forward to her?

Thanks,
nooc

]]> By: nooc http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-118 nooc Fri, 12 May 2006 02:39:38 +0000 http://nooc.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/10/the-french-press/#comment-118 adria - haven't figured out your lack of an RSS feed but the email mystery is solved.... Yahoo was putting them in my spam folder instead of my inbox. adria - haven’t figured out your lack of an RSS feed but the email mystery is solved…. Yahoo was putting them in my spam folder instead of my inbox.

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