I’m starting the podcast with coffee, because I start my day with coffee.

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.

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