BBC NEWS | Europe | Coffee cleared in chemical court (#)

  „"A high coffee consumption is five or seven cups a day, but instead, a regular coffee consumption of no more than three cups a day can be a protective factor for colon cancer and liver cirrhosis for example," she said.“

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BBC - h2g2 - Microbes - the Harm They Do

  „Half of Athens was razed by plague in 430 BC2 . The bubonic plague that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages - and had previously swept across India and China - was brought to Egypt by merchants fleeing the warring Crimea, where the Tartar army had been hurling the corpses of plague victims over the walls of Kaffa. New diseases such as ebola and AIDS have claimed just as many lives since their discovery. Old diseases such as tuberculosis, once thought to be controlled, are again on the rise, not only in 'third world' countries, but also in developed nations.Humans are not the only creatures susceptible to disease.“

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Valuable diamonds stolen in Paris

  „Thieves have stolen two diamonds worth about 11.5m euros (£7.82m) from a trade fair at one of Paris' top museums.“

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Ban threat to Dutch cannabis cafes

  „The new legislation aims to protect employees from passive smoking, and while coffee shops are not the intended target, all companies with staff will be affected.“

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BBC News | HEALTH | Coffee linked to arthritis

  „The results held true even after adjusting for other risk factors, such as age, gender, smoking and weight. They also report that those who drank 11 or more cups a day were almost 15 times as likely to have rheumatoid factor as non-coffee drinkers. To link the disease with coffee consumption is rather simplistic Arthritis Research Campaign spokeswoman But they are unable to identify the ingredient in coffee, and in coffee that is not filtered in particular, that may increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. They called for further research to be carried out to see if their theory stands up.“

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Tips on Coffee - The history of coffee

  „By the 18th century, the beverage had become popular in Europe, and European colonists had introduced coffee to tropical countries worldwide as a plantation crop to supply domestic demand. During the 19th century, European demand for coffee was so strong that when genuine coffee beans were scarce, people developed similar-tasting substitutes from various roasted vegetable substances, such as chicory root, dandelion root, acorns, or figs. For example, the British used acorns as a coffee substitute during World War II while German U-boats blockaded Britain. Today, the major coffee-producing regions are tropical South America (Colombia is famous for its coffee), Vietnam, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, and others.“

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