My fellow coffee drinkers: Did your parents ever tell you not to drink coffee? My mother always told me that it would stunt my growth, that it was nasty and “addictive." She used my father as a prime example of coffee addiction.

Before being sent off to college, I was gifted a nice single-serve coffee maker, along with an assortment of different coffee brands to try. Due to the lack of sleep and late nights I had during my first semester away, I blew through my stash. I would even use meal plans at the coffee shop on campus for a cup of Joe just to stay awake during my extremely early and very boring algebra class.

Since my mother and other parents are sure to read this, they will probably be enraged by my behavior. Why is it that I, a young adult, would do such a horrible thing to my body? Well parents, you have met your match. 

A recent study has released information that coffee may be able to protect your liver (even decaf).  Researchers studied the drinking habits of 27,793 people after said people filled out a questionnaire.  This study was conducted between the years of 1999 and 2010. The researchers concluded that out of those subjects, more than 14,000 drank coffee.  

Now here is the real kicker: the subjects that drank three cups of coffee a day are less likely to have abnormal liver enzyme levels by 25% when compared to non-coffee drinkers. 

Now, if you aren’t a coffee drinker, please do not go on a binge session and only drink coffee. If you do drink coffee, do not increase your intake just because of this study. The moral of this study is that regular coffee and decaf are not harmful to our liver function. So just stay how you are, because it is probably working for you already. 

Until the next time an article comes out claiming something negative about coffee, you can find me brewing a pot with my Dad and rubbing it in my poor, dear mother’s face.