The Best News I've Heard All Week!

It involves science and two of my favourite things. A new study has suggested that drinking a lot of coffee can greatly reduce your risk of contracting alcohol-induced cirrhosis of the liver. Minimal amounts had some effect, but those who drank more than 4 cups of coffee a day (I often find myself among those ranks) were 80% less likely to suffer the disease. The study was of 125 000 people over 22 years, which seems pretty exhaustive to me. The findings are by no means conclusive, as no findings ever seem to be, but still, this seems pretty positive for those of us who like both booze and coffee, often in flavourful combinations. The study authors did go on to say that this doesn't mean that people should start drinking lots of coffee in order to counter the effects of drinking too much alcohol, but you can't believe everything you read, can you?