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If health concerns have caused you to switch to decaf coffee, new research may make you rethink your choices—especially if you’re also swigging colas instead of regular java. One new study found that drinking decaffeinated coffee—but not caffeinated coffee—may be linked to higher levels of LDL, the “bad cholesterol.” A second study exonerated coffee from a popularly held association with hypertension, at least for women, but identified a surprising connection between cola consumption and risk of high blood pressure.
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