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--- diets [2025/09/22 10:09] – [other foods which appear to be beneficial] gary1
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     * polysaccharides in ginseng, such as arabinogalactan, activate macrophage receptors and promote hematopoietic recovery
   * **coffee**
-    * 2 cups a day (preferably early in the day to avoid caffeine's effects on sleep) appears to be beneficial
+    * 2 cups a day (preferably early in the day to avoid caffeine's effects on sleep) appears to be beneficial, higher intake may have increasing adverse effects
-    * coffee's bioactive compounds, particularly caffeine, polyphenols, and diterpenes, exert antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic, gut microbiome-modulating, and epigenetic-regulating effects, thereby slowing the progression of liver damage and reducing the risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer(([[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006295225006033|2025: Coffee for the liver: a mechanistic approach]]))
+    * coffee's bioactive compounds, particularly caffeine, polyphenols, and diterpenes, exert antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic, gut microbiome-modulating, and epigenetic-regulating effects, thereby slowing the progression of liver damage and reducing the risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer, but this beneficial effect apparently requires at least 3 cups per day (([[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006295225006033|2025: Coffee for the liver: a mechanistic approach]]))
 =====The nutrition / health aspects of foods=====
   *various national bodies have created healthy eating scoring systems - some of these have been perverted by major companies and profiteering leading to mistrust by consumers, while many are based upon older schools of thought