A study published in 2004 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (abstract available online at [1] tried to discover why the beneficial and detrimental effects of coffee are conflicting and found that consumption of coffee is associated with significant elevations in biochemical markers of inflammation. This is a detrimental effect of coffee on the cardiovascular system which may explain why coffee has so far only been shown to help the heart at levels of 4 or less cups a day (20oz or less).

Spells: A number of spells are usually available to magic-using characters, the most common including fire, blizzard, thunder, and cure. A series of standard suffixes denotes increasing power; for example, fire is the basic elemental fire spell; fira and firaga are increasingly powerful versions. These suffixes have been present in every Japanese game except Final Fantasy II, but were only adopted in the English localisations after Final Fantasy VIII.

Some parents of young daughters have ambivalent or even negative feelings towards Britney Spears. To many critics, the singer has combined a very raunchy public image with a major marketing play for the hearts, minds and pockets of prepubescent girls, often as young as seven or eight. The sexualization of such girls is arguably a trend that is visible elsewhere in popular culture, for example in the film and fashion industries.