Edited post via Thrillist
By Jeremy Glass (@candyandpizza)
It can be hard to enjoy your morning coffee when there are so many myths surrounding what’s in your cup floating around. For instance, apparently coffee makes you poop. (Actually, that one’s true.)
Regardless, there are still a ton of tall tales being passed around that negatively impact the way you consume coffee.
Drink in these 11 facts and wake up.
By Bill M. Murray, CAE, NCA, CEO
@Bill_CoffeeAssn
The latest coffee and health news continues to be overwhelmingly positive for coffee drinkers.
On June 15, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that it can no longer classify coffee as a “possible carcinogen.” In fact, coffee may have protective powers against liver and endometrial cancer (see the full NCA news release).
This announcement marked the first time IARC reversed a food or beverage classification, adding to the growing body of good news about coffee, on topics such as:
We’ve compiled some of this research on Coffee and Me, where you can find links to relevant independent studies and reports.
What Are Very Hot Beverages?
When the WHO released its coffee finding, it also classified “very hot” beverages as a “probable” cause of cancer. Coffee drinkers should understand that the evidence on which this classification was based did not include even a single study of coffee drinkers.
National Coffee Association Blog 