Is a cup of coffee the nation's No.1 source of cancer prevention?
According to a study by University of Scranton Chemistry Prof. Joe Vinson, coffee is the No. 1 source of antioxidants -- cancer-fighting enzymes -- in American diets. Vinson and his research team, who have previously done studies on chocolate's benefits, analyzed the antioxidant content of various foods commonly consumed in the average American diet based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Dates, red grapes, pomegranates and other fruits are richer than coffee in antioxidants, in addition to providing fiber and other nutrients, but Americans do not eat much fruit in comparison, according to Vinson.
"We drink more coffee by weight than we do fruit and a little less than vegetables -- a stinging indictment of our diet in my opinion -- although I do drink one cup of coffee for its caffeine effect," Vinson wrote in an e-mail.
Vinson's findings came as no surprise to first-year College student Allison Harbin, who, sitting outside Newcomb Hall with an empty Greenberry's cup yesterday, said, "I couldn't wake up this morning. I felt incomplete -- until I had my first cup."
She added, "I'm definitely
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