In-House Counsel

Coffee jump starts many of us, but slightly more important than that, longitudinal studies ?show that drinking coffee cuts the risky of dying early from a heart attack or stroke,? writes the Harv. Bus. Rev., Vol. 86, June 2009 at 22. More, ?coffee also appears to offer some small protection against Type 2 diabetes, gallstones and Parkinson?s disease.? I toast Javascript!

But I brim with enthusiasm for in-house productivity so my take-away about coffee is that ?it causes feelings of well-being and increases energy, alertness and motivation. Functional MRI scans show that coffee activates parts of the brain involved in short-term memory, the kind that helps focus attention on tasks at hand.? Coffee, the New World elixir, is ?brimming with antioxidants and other phytonutrients.? Gulp, no wonder I have a well-used Starbucks card (See my post of June 29, 2009: sleep and coffee with 10 references.).