Word: decaf
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...Clinton seemed everywhere at once. There he was at the White House sitting in the Chief Executive's wing chair by the fireplace. Moments later he was walking a grim inner-city block talking to valiant shop owners. At dawn the next day, he ordered a postjog cup of decaf at McDonald's before heading off to breakfast on Capitol Hill...
...study who drank four or more cups of decaffeinated coffee a day had a slightly higher risk of coronary heart disease. That's puzzling because caffeine has generally been fingered as the most noxious ingredient in coffee. The report's authors caution that the slim evidence against decaf may be a statistical fluke...
Stars have been used to sell breakfast at least since Olympian Bob Richards promoted Wheaties. But the presweetened concoctions that currently have little palates tingling may leave grownups fumbling for another cup of decaf or a couple of Tums. Hard on the heels of the cartoon craze and hit movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal is doing kitchen box office. It consists of tiny, turtle-shaped marshmallow bits mixed with "Ninja Nets," pieces of khaki- colored wheat, which is used in adult cereal as well. The taste: concentrated marzipan...
...Bush is so exquisitely considerate that at meals, without breaking conversation, he will shift his water glass to give the waiter more room as he arrives with the soup. When Sununu receives guests in his White House office, he will pour himself a cup of coffee (he drinks only decaf, which everyone agrees is a good thing) and grab a handful of M&M's without offering anything to anyone else...
What causes the jump in LDL? Stanford's Dr. Robert Superko suggests the answer may lie in the coffee beans. Regular coffee uses the milder arabica variety, while decaf brews rely on the stronger robusta beans. More research is needed to pinpoint which of the more than 500 ingredients in the beans might be responsible...