If you are one of the many people who go running to your coffee machine first thing in the morning, there is good news. According to new studies drinking up to 6 cups of coffee, caffeinated or decaffeinated, will do no harm and may even extend your life span.

If you are you one of the thousands of people who get regular headaches, there may be ways that you are unaware of to put a stop to the pain. Some headaches are directly related to your genetics, but many people who get headaches can actually change their own bad behaviors in order to relieve them. Here are a few reasons why you may be causing your own headaches.

Caffeine is a naturally occurring substance found in some parts of certain plants and is the most potent chemical found in coffee or tea. In its purest form, it looks like a crystallized white powder.

Trying to relax takes effort. Daily stresses increase our blood pressure, create anxiety, and can turn us into horrible monsters nobody enjoys. There are two ways to deal with stress: you can either bury it away until it becomes unbearable and you wind up screaming at a young child because he can’t fight back, or, you can tackle stress from the beginning by using exercises to release some of the pressure.

And you can pass on this knowledge to others. Dieticians give us the facts on what we perceived to be the truth about various beverages and their content.

1. Diet pop is healthier than regular pop: Diet pop may contain less calories but there is really nothing healthy about artificially colored and flavored water.