| ▲ | moojacob 14 hours ago |
| Maybe because the other way to get Caffine is in drinks full of corn syrup. |
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| ▲ | nemomarx 14 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| You can get corn syrup free monsters everywhere. Or those 5 hour ones, or Celsius or whatever. The reason to prefer coffee is that it tastes less aggressive than those I think |
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| ▲ | BeetleB 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | Coffee tastes more aggressive than all of those. | | |
| ▲ | KPGv2 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | For people who are already addicted to sugar, yes, coffee tastes more aggressive than the drinks full of insane amounts of sugar or artificial sweeteners. Meanwhile in Asia beans are considered sweet bc their food isn't overloaded with sugar. | | |
| ▲ | BeetleB 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | It sounds like you're equating "aggressive" with "sweet". Coffee has a very strong taste (even without sugar). Stronger than anything on the list. I'd wager that the reason some people add a lot of sugar is to make up for that strong taste. 5 hour energy drinks have almost no sugar. Much milder taste than coffee. > Meanwhile in Asia beans are considered sweet bc their food isn't overloaded with sugar. Red bean paste? |
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| ▲ | llm_nerd 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| The study links it to better metabolic health. Did you assume it meant worse? |
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| ▲ | bjt 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think they're saying that coffee is a healthier habit than soda. | | |
| ▲ | KPGv2 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes, my inference was "people consume caffeine, and if one group is getting it from coffee, the other group is getting it from non-coffee, mostly (highly-caloric) soda water, which explains why the coffee side looks healthier." | | |
| ▲ | nazgul17 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Makes sense, but I would hope the study design controlled for this, or designed around it. |
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