A Critical Review of Coffee Consumption and Gallstone Disease
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(continued on page 38) Coffee drinking is almost universal. Caffeine, a major component of coffee and to some extent tea, is known to have a transient stimulatory effect. While unpleasant side effects such as nervousness, palpitations, sleeplessness, and cardiac arrhythmias are better known, coffee is also gaining a reputation as a functional food. In particular coffee consumption is noted to reduce gallstone disease. In this paper the authors review the data on coffee consumption and the prevalence of gallstone disease.
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