Coffee: A Medicinal Plant
All About Coffee and its Effects on Human Health

The author's findings brought to the surface some startling facts about the value of coffee as a healthy component of our daily food intake. He points out that the regular intake of moderate amounts of coffee is not only extremely safe, but healthy as well, since caffeine seems to be the source of dyoxipurine, a vital metabolite present in every cell of the human body. Contents: History of coffee; Evolution of man and selection of caffeine-containing beverages; Is caffeine a vitamin or a vitamins?; Coffee: absorption, excretion, tolerance, and dependence; Coffee: daily needs and overdosage; Coffee and the cardiovascular system... the respiratory system... the CNS... the genitourinary system... the musculoskeletal system; Coffee and smoking... alcoholism... drugs... cancer... obesity; Coffee, tea, and cola drinks.