The Caffeine Advantage by Bennett Alan Weinberg and Bonnie Bealer, The Free Press, $24, ISBN 0743228960 Reviewed by Simon Ings
THE way we test new drugs blinds us to old ones. No one’s going to pay for drug trials of coffee, so any novel claims for its medical efficacy will by and large tend to be ignored.
Enter science writers Bennett Weinberg and Bonnie Bealer, out to demonstrate – with numerous supporting citations – how coffee improves athletic performance, boosts IQ, treats jet lag, reduces the risk of some cancers, and might even prevent the onset of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
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