Can Too Much Coffee Numbs Your Tongue ?

"Too much coffee is bad as it numbs your tongue.

The sensitivity of your tongue decreases and therefore will require
more sugar and salt when cooking.
This will cause your liver to work harder."
anonymous

Coffee The Singapore Way

This is usually how coffee get served in most Singaporean coffee shops. Note the tall glass, the milk, the metal spoon still in the coffee.

The coffee shops also serve many traditional local foods ranging from nasi padang to wonton mee to full range chinese dishes served in bite site portions

Scientists Says Coffee Is Good For Your Liver

After much debate, scientists acknowledged that antioxidants in coffee may help to prevent liver cancer. Excerpts of news....

Drink's high antioxidant levels mean protection is possible, doctors say Updated: 2:25 p.m. ET June 5, 2007 Reuters

NEW YORK - Drinking coffee appears to lower the risk of developing liver cancer, according to findings published in the medical journal Gastroenterology.
"Data on potential beneficial effects of coffee on liver function and liver diseases have accrued over the last two decades," Drs. Susanna C. Larsson and Alicja Wolk, from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, write. Several studies have found an inverse relationship between coffee consumption and liver enzymes levels that indicate a risk of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.
The researchers therefore conducted a large review, or "meta-analysis," of published epidemiological studies to look at the association between coffee consumption and the risk of liver cancer. The meta-analysis included 11 studies involving 2,260 liver cancer patients and 239,146 individuals without liver cancer who served as a comparison group.
An inverse association between coffee consumption and liver cancer risk was observed in all of the studies, and this association was statistically significant in six studies.
For every two cups of coffee per day, the investigators observed a 43 percent reduced risk of liver cancer.
"A protective effect of coffee consumption on liver cancer is biologically plausible," Larsson and Wolk point out. "Coffee contains large amounts ofantioxidants, such as chlorogenic acids," which combat oxidative stress and inhibit the formation of carcinogens. Furthermore, experimental animal studies have specifically shown that coffee and chlorogenic acids have an inhibitory effect on liver cancer.

Hot piping cups of coffee, pictures courtesy of Lawrence.