Coffee Annotated Bibliography

Thesis Statement and Annotated Bibliography

Chris Fortin
Western Governors University
Student ID# 000053762

Thesis Statement

While some studies show that coffee consumption may be harmful, research shows the benefits outweigh the risks because it can prevent certain cancers, diseases such as Parkinson’s, reduce suicide risk and it contains significant antioxidants.

Annotated Bibliography

American Academy of Neurology (AAN). (2012, August 1). Coffee may help some Parkinson 's disease movement symptoms, research suggests. ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120801165353.htm This peer-reviewed study published by Postuma, R. MD in the online issue of
Based on the topics reviewed, moderate daily filtered coffee intake was not associated with adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. On the contrary the data showed that coffee contains a significant amount of antioxidants and may have an inverse association with type 2 diabetes mellitus risk. This study shows that consuming coffee can have a direct impact on certain diseases, namely diabetes type 2 mellitus. Bente Halvorsen is a professor of Health Sciences at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet. Trine Ranheim is a Senior Scientist at Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services in Oslo, Norway. The study is well referenced and the methodology appears sound (Ranheim, T., & Halvorsen, B.
They identified 9 cohort studies of coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes, and utilized both the SAS MIXED Procedure for meta-regression analysis and the Log-RR as the dependent variable. These models yielded that of the 17,438 participants, higher coffee intake was consistently associated with lower amounts of newly detected hyperglycemia. These models it supported the hypothesis that habitual consumption is associated with a substantially lower risk of type 2 diabetes. The methodologies used are very detailed, leading credibility to the work performed. This supports my supporting point that coffee may prevent Parkinson’s disease. Rob M. van Dam, PhD is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Frank Hu M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Van Dam, R. M., & Hu, F. B.