Hi Patti...
 -=> Quoting Patti Jones to Sondra Ball <=-
 PJ> Hmmmmm, I have never heard of coffee helping colds, but I suspect
 PJ> it could  somehow.
 Well for starts, it is nice and warm, just holding a cup in your hands
 tends to relax most people... having it inside you does the same...
 and people with colds are usually hurting some...
 Then there is the method of covering the cup opening with your hands
 and breathing the warm, moist air from between your thumbs while waiting
 for it to cool... I find that that opens air passages quite well...
 Of course this can be said of any nice warm liquid... my favourite is
 Lemonade... (someone copied this and calls it NeoCitran). You have to
 take your acetominephen separately... throw in a few vitamins and you
 have it...
 I for one don't think that the coffee itself is the healer... but I could
 be wrong about that... I'm not a scientist.  A Miami hospital did study
 chicken soup... their results were similar to my opinion of warm drinks.
 Soothing... especially given with TLC.
 Hope the storms keep away, or moderate... we're getting a short reprieve
 in the BC Interior... but you likely get some of what we miss.
 Doug
 
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