Coffee Counteracts Alcohol

American Voices

Coffee Counteracts Alcohol

June 28, 2006 | ISSUE 42•26

A study published by the Archives of Internal Medicine demonstrates that drinking coffee can offset the detrimental effects of alcohol on the liver. What do you think?

Who needs coffee when you have a family full of sober organ-donors?

Alexandra Ledoux
Systems Analyst
Why all the hubbub? Isn't the liver just a useless old organ at the end of the intestines? Oh, that's the appendix. Can coffee offset the effects of alcohol on the appendix?

Jason Zellar
Laser Printer Technician
Typical scientists, always giving us useless, abstract information. Where's the chart showing the proper cappuccino-to-Jaeger ratio?

Christopher Martin
Youth Pastor

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