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Mythbusting 8: The 'magic' of coffee

This month in our mythbusting series looking at social media health trends, Saša Janković looks at popular online claims about the benefits of coffee

Once treated as a guilty pleasure to be kept in check, coffee is now being promoted online as having a whole host of benefits, from being a muscle-builder and liver tonic to a cure for cancer. But what is fact and what is fiction? Pharmacy teams are well placed to help customers understand what the evidence actually says, and spot the people for whom coffee might cause problems.

Find out what the Britihs Heart Foundation says about caffeine here. 

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