I crave writing on topics from which I seem to directly benefit. For one thing, plopping down in front of the keyboard with one eye on my browser’s feed reader and the other on the steering wheel (just kidding) and pontificating on the next big healthcare policy point can take some energy. The only thing that can supply me with another bolus is — you guessed it — coffee. And I’m not talking about calorie- and fat- laden $4 cups of caffeinated status symbols — I mean the basic brain-jolting, heart-pumping, mania-inducing black stuff (hold the sweetner, please!). There’s nothing like it.

And seeing as how a simple unadulterated cup of morning joe definitely benefits me, you can imagine the relative ease and speed it took me to get this post up today. That’s right, as a physician, it’s very easy to relate a health benefit to one’s audience of patients if said physician benefits from the intervention himself. Apparently, I have been benefiting from my low-calorie, high-nutritive brown energy drink for almost 20 years now; and I think the medical establishment will continue to publish the health benefits of something your parents always told you stunted your growth. That’s very cool. | LINK

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