Coffee drinking and genetics

My genetic testing experience I had grown up thinking that coffee, like other foods and drinks, was just a matter of preference.  Little did I know that coffee drinking and genetics are actually tied together. My first exposure to this idea was when my family and I...

What is Mushroom Coffee?

What is mushroom coffee? Mushroom coffee is something that has been gaining momentum recently, after Tim Ferriss and his mentions of Four Sigmatic have started making headlines last year. Four Sigmatic is a Finnish company that has a special mushroom coffee that...

How Long Does Caffeine Stay In Your System?

If you have been following us on Facebook, you have heard us talk a lot about the health benefits of caffeine and coffee.

And, although there is lots of upside to coffee and caffeine, you probably do not want it in your system all the time.

Interestingly enough, how long caffeine is in your body and the kind of effect it has on your comes back to genetics. Awhile back I personally signed up for genetic testing ((continued))

Coffee drinkers tend to live longer, says Stanford research

Coffee- for some people it’s a daily necessity, and to others it’s something they’d rather stay away from. Recently, a Stanford released the findings of studies showing that those in the coffee drinking category were WAY better off.

So, what’s going on here? Did somebody find a genie and make an awesome wish? Probably.