Is Coffee Good for You?

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:13 All Cause Mortality
3:12 CHD/CVD
3:30 Performance
5:11 CoPilot
6:33 Sleep
8:28 Impact Of Brewing Method
10:14 The Gut/The Microbiome
11:57 GERD (Reflux)
13:09 Cognition
13:49 Cancer
15:24 Mycotoxins
16:45 Outro/Wrap Up

Below is a list of papers that we look at and referenced in the video. Many of them are behind paywalls, and so with each paper I've included the DOI reference number. You can use these in search engines, but I obviously wouldn't recommend Sci Hub because that would let you view them for free instead of paying...

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[hellfish]

Note to all: James Hoffmann, while denying being a health professional, *did not* deny being a professional athlete

[highvis_supply]

Its nice of them to let Hames Joffmann continue his video-making hobby at the mental institute

[kuriteufel]

"Coffee does improve another kind of performance too."
The editing, him laying down and looking at you from below, the pause, and even the tiny smirk really made me think of something else. This isn't just a video, this is a three-day Manchu–Han Imperial FEAST for Hames Joffmann, there's just so much for them to go wild with.

[KarlSmithByrne]

Cancer epidemiologist here, this was really quite a measured video. One thing I might have considered including is that what people report consuming is rarely easy to parse from other factors such as socioeconomic status. This makes is challenging to know whether higher coffee leads to differences in disease risk or whether some other covarying factors may be accounting for that result -statistically significant, or otherwise.

[hammertime_]

Imagine waking up in hospital and seeing James Hoffmann intravenously administer a cup of coffee into you.

[ariadnavigo]

I work for a publishing house devoted to science communication... This video is a prime example of how to do *great* SciComm. I just shared it with our senior editor. Thank you, James! ❤☕

[etatsopa]

At the start of this year I detoxed from caffeine for a month, then limited myself to one caffeinated beverage per day.
I no longer have a headache by 10am if I haven’t had a coffee, and once or twice a week I don’t have one at all. I’ve also discovered that in the last 10 years decaf has gotten pretty good (in the right cafes)
I’m enjoying coffee more than ever before, because I’ve broken my reliance on it

[nijamase]

I remember reading a study on heart decease for office workers and they saw a positive effect for the coffee drinkers compare to the people who didn't drink coffee.
But when they re-did the study with coffee drinkers vs a group who drank an equal amount of water they saw no difference.

That is when they realized that it was the tiny amount of exercise (walking to the office cafeteria 2-3 times a day) that gave the positive effect on heart decease and not the coffee.

[elloragriffin]

James really meticulously researched for a whole literature review and then presented it in a hospital with a coffee IV whilst wearing scrubs. Both the most ridiculous and most educational video I’ve watched in a long time.

[veganmonter]

8:37 - "The side eye while looking at phone, then move away from the crazy man talking to himself" is the maneuver all people in large cities learn to do.

[satchin.]

The effects of caffeine on anxiety, panic attacks and depression are missing, and it would be interesting if more studies would further explore this field using different roasting and brewing methods. Besides, the video is great as always!

[zaxsp]

I can’t began to express how much I appreciate you James Hoffmann. You’ve legitimately gotten a clinic to agree to you going about filming a video on coffee. I don’t know anyone else that would put this level of effort into such a project!!

[Liryc]

I think my biggest question out of all of this is what is happening with the production of that video. That's a crazy amount of information delivered in a crazy good production setting.

[gabrielpaganini]

James, congratulations! As a doctor, I have rarely seen someone communicate scientific findings so clearly, concisely, and responsibly on the internet. Excellent work!

[timtiny]

The aspect of this video that surprised me the most was that James & team found a hospital willing to let them film in their facilities. Nicely done, but I think they deserved a shout-out.

[notapplicable]

I would love a behind the scenes video because the production of this was wild!

[Andy_Panda]

The production value of this video was amazing. Also the level of research takes this to another level. Well done, James and team, well done!

[miketranfaglia]

As a physician, a neuroscientist, and a home coffee roaster, I've naturally been interested in this topic for quite a while. My review of the literature concurs exactly with what James said here---coffee is definitely not bad for you, it's probably very good for you, and it really is one of life's great joys. I think that further research may show that coffee is the one true Superfood. Drink up!

[jorgeessus]

I am from Chile, a small country in South America. I am learning English and today I learned a lot about coffee. Thank you very much for teaching me about coffee. 😊

[marie-evebeauchemin-nadeau]

Slight precision: GERD is worsenned by coffee mainely because it relaxes the inferior esophagal sphyncter, which allows the stomac acids to go backwards in the esophagus. Great video, I love the reserch you do and the humor you bring to the subject!