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If you know Josh or me...or both of us you know we love debating. Maybe it’s our drive to always want to be right....maybe it’s our competitive nature....but we love to debate (not only with each other...but anyone!)

We have two debates right now...one of which many of you are familiar: The GREAT toilet paper debate (in France the GREAT debate du papi de toilet). First of all let me begin by saying...3-4 squares per use is NOT a lot for a woman....HOWEVER in Europe (because everything is smaller) we seem to roll through TP. So recently that has been a fun debate in the house....pretty sure for my birthday next month I will be getting toilet paper :) lol from my husband

Second debate (YOUR INPUT WOULD BE GREAT) COFFEE VS. TEA For the past 3 years Josh has lovingly hounded me about my "coffee intake" because he is concerned for my health. Now by reading that sentence you are probably assuming I drink 4-8 cups of coffee a day....well you would be wrong, try one cup a day if not every other day! Usually they are half cups too!

So I have been doing research to put his mind to ease that my health is not at stake. IN FACT my research shows that he may be more at risk with his tea intake:

1. Both coffee and tea have caffeine, and tea has more than coffee pre-brew (according to a September article in Food Research International) however tea is generally brewed weakly decreasing caffeine in SOME cases.

2. Tea drinkers consume more sugar in one cup of tea (both cold and warm) than black coffee drinkers (such as myself) according to Bennett Alan Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer in their book "World of Caffeine and Sugar"

3. While both do have negative effects in large amounts, they both also have positive effects at least coffee does such as: guarding against cavities, cleansing the colon, coffee has tons of antioxidants, it is said to help lower risk of gallstones and kidney stones and much more.

I could keep going but you get the point....

Josh drinks just as much tea as I do coffee if not more! So I think we both could benefit from hearing your opinion.....tea and coffee? The end of our lives as we know it? After all..when in France do like the Frenchmen/women do right?

Comments

  1. FountainOctober 19, 2009 at 1:31 AM

    Being both a coffee and a tea drinker, I think you're pretty much even. I know Josh puts honey in his tea instead of sugar, but sugar and honey are about the same health-wise (according to goaskalice.columbia.edu). Tea also has tons of antioxidants like coffee, especially if he's drinking green tea.

    I'd say you're pretty much even on this one. Sorry Josh.

    About the toilet paper thing - Leigh and I gave you a giant TP cake for your wedding...that should have solved some of your problems! :)

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  2. DCGOctober 21, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    lol that solved alll our problems at home home..but not here in France! lol

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