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Apr 2016
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Coffee | Mastering Nutrition #1

Chris Masterjohn, PhD
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Why I drink coffee and won't apologize for it, but why I'm skeptical of the large body of literature associating coffee consumption with reduced disease risk. Do we drink coffee by choice? Sort of. I discuss why our genes may play a role in our coffee consumption and may be the ultimate influence on the risk of diseases that ultimately cannot be changed by coffee consumption.

Access the show notes, transcript, and comments here:

https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/001-coffee

Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.

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