The Goodness of Coffee for Our Health

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The Goodness of Coffee for Our Health
By Martha Purdue - October 16, 2016
Coffee is a wonderful drink. It perks us up and tastes divine. Imagine how happy I was to find out
that coffee is also very good for you.
People who drink coffee are getting antioxidants with each cup. We are also getting a great dose of
essential minerals and nutrients with each sip. New research is stacking up the good points of
coffee everyday.

There are a few downsides, of course. I’m going to run through a few reasons before we all fill up
our biggest coffee mugs. Sadly, even something as good as coffee has to be enjoyed in a little
moderation.
Table of Contents [hide]
1 Why is Coffee Bad for You?
2 Health Benefits of Coffee
3 The Hidden Benefits of Coffee
4 In Conclusion
Why is Coffee Bad for You?

It can kill you. – Extremely large amounts of coffee are fatal. You and I are likely to never be
able to consume the 80 to 100 cups it would take to kill us, however. We’d just vomit it up, our
human bodies can’t contain that much fluid.
Coffee can make you anxious and keep you awake.– Some people are sensitive to large
amounts of caffeine. An average person can handle 400 milligrams of caffeine a day. That’s
around four cups of coffee. Since many benefits of coffee have nothing to do with the caffeine
in the drink, you can always switch to lower caffeine blends if you are sensitive.
Coffee can stain your teeth. – While not serious, some people find that they don’t like the
slight tan tint that their teeth can develop after years of drinking coffee. Whitening treatments
can help.
It can upset your stomach.– Coffee is pretty acidic. Drinking a lot of it can upset your
stomach and even lead to ulcers. Adding food to your coffee break can soothe your stomach.
Avoid bad coffee. – Poor quality coffee doesn’t always grow in the best regions. Or there may
have been issues in storage, processing or roasting. Poor coffee may make you feel ill or just
taste icky. Buy your blends from reputable companies that are fair trade.
It can raise LDL cholesterol levels. – Cafestol and kahweol are two substances found in
coffee that can affect LDL levels. Filter brewed coffee doesn’t contain as much of these two
chemicals.
It’s not for kids or pregnant women. Coffee can increase the chances of a bedwetting
incident in someone under seven years old. Caffeine has also been shown to affect fetuses.
Limit consumption, if you can.
These are all good reasons to enjoy coffee in moderation. But not in too much moderation! The
health benefits of coffee far outweigh these risks.
Health Bene損�ts of Coffee

People have asked why is coffee good for you ever since the first cup was brewed up.
Historically, people just drank it for the taste and that jolt of energy. It’s only recently that we’ve
been able to learn more about this great bean.

We all know that it contains caffeine. This is the world’s most used psychoactive drug. What most
of us don’t know is how it works. Caffeine enters the bloodstream pretty quickly after hitting the
stomach. Once it reaches the brain it blocks a neurotransmitter called adenosine.
Blocking adenosine allows the brain to stockpile on other transmitters such as norepinephrine and
dopamine. Our brains can work more efficiently. The end result is that we feel energized. Our
moods improve, our cognitive abilities increase and we thank existence for coffee!
The Hidden Bene損�ts of Coffee
But what about the other effects of coffee? What other benefits of coffee are there? There are
many. While we don’t know exactly which chemicals in coffee provide some of these health boosts
yet, we do know that consuming between one and six cups daily for an average adult provides
many of them.
Need Help with Weight Loss?
Caffeine is one heck of a drug. It is one of just a very few natural compounds that have been found
to lead to weight loss in people. Caffeine alone can boost your metabolic rate by as much as 11%.
That’s not all. Caffeine directly targets fat in the body. Heavier people can burn some 10% more
fat while thinner people can burn up to 28% more fat. Sadly effects diminish over time.
Get Some Minerals and Vitamins
A few cups of coffee a day is an easy way to ingest more than just caffeine. A cup of brewed coffee
contains 11% of your B12, 6% of your B5, 2% of niacin and magnesium and 3% of your
manganese and potassium.

Provides Protection from Dementia
A new study shows that coffee drinkers are 65% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s than noncoffee
drinkers. This is pretty important as this tragic illness is the most common form of dementia
worldwide. As there is no cure for it, we must do what we can to prevent it.
Great Protection From Developing Type 2 Diabetes

Some 300 million people worldwide suffer from type 2 diabetes. It is marked by a person’s body
developing insulin resistance in most cases. Sometimes people develop an inability to secrete
enough insulin to control blood sugar. Studies show that drinking a lot of coffee can mitigate the
risk of developing this disease. Heavy coffee drinkers were up to 67% less likely to develop type 2
diabetes than people who drank no coffee.
Now what I found most interesting about this study was that there looks to be a way to
consciously lower your risk of type 2. A group conducted a meta analysis of 18 individual studies
that involved nearly 500,000 people. This means that they studied and directly worked each
study’s results into more comprehensive and meaningful data.
They discovered that each cup of coffee counted. Each daily cup of coffee lowered the risk of type
2 developing by a notinsignificant 7%. There is more! A Harvard study on the same subject found
that people who increased their coffee consumption by one cup of coffee a day had measurably
lowered their risk of developing type 2.
Those who increased their coffee by one cup a day had an 11% lower chance of developing type 2
diabetes. But those who drank less coffee over those same four years, who lowered their
consumption by at least one cup a day, had a 17% higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes.
Unfortunately, decaffeinated coffee and tea were not shown to have this effect on people. Just
regular coffee. While the study doesn’t mention it, I doubt that adding a lot of sugar, syrup
flavoring or heavy cream is just as good for you. If you want this benefit, you might just have to
enjoy it black.
Helps to Protect Your Liver

In today’s polluted environment our livers work overtime to help keep our bodies clear of toxins
and other nasty stuff in the blood. Many of us also suffer from illnesses such as hepatitis, fatty liver
disease or other disorders that affect our livers.
These illnesses and stresses can cause the liver to develop cirrhosis. This is a condition in which
healthy, functional liver tissue is replaced by nonfunctional scar tissue. But those of us who drink
at least four cups of coffee a day have a far lower chance of developing this deadly disease.
They aren’t yet 100% sure on which compounds are helpful. Right now it is believed that it could
be the same cafestol and kahweol that also effect LDL cholesterol.
Helps Prevent Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurological aliment today. It is incurable. Over
time those who are afflicted by Parkinson’s disease will have large numbers of their dopamine
generating brain cells whither away and die. The body will become weak. Eventually even the mind
will be effected. For some, death may follow.
Coffee seems to protect against Parkinson’s disease. Coffee drinkers have up to a 60% less chance
of developing this illness. Researchers believe that it is caffeine that is most responsible for
protecting the brain.

Coffee can Help Fight Depression
Here we have a doubleedged sword. Too much caffeine can make many people anxious. And that
can, in turn, make depression worse. But just a little coffee can make us feel a lot better.
The trick is to know when to stop sipping your lattes. Most people will not suffer ill effects if they
have less than 400 milligrams of caffeine. We also must remember that even the best coffee is no
substitute for professional help.

Experts say that some 15% of us will suffer from depression. They believe that our modern
lifestyles are simply making us miserable. Changing society might be the best long term goal, but
until then, we have coffee.
Researchers found that each cup of coffee consumed each day reduced the risk or severity of
depression by about 8%. They aren’t exactly sure why yet. They do have a few theories though.
Antioxidants Just make us feel better.
Stimulants – These just make us feel better, too.
Our first theory is the depression is linked to inflammation in the body. While we re not ill, our
bodies are simply not designed for our lifestyles. Poor food, stressful work and bad sleep habits
over time lead to minute buildups of toxins in our cells.
Coffee contains massive doses of both antiinflammatory and antioxidants. Quinolinic acid, tannic
acid, chlorogenic acid, nicotinic acid, trigonelline and pyrogallic acid are found in every cup of
coffee. These are just few of the powerful compounds that could be responsible for soothing the
body.
The other big theory is that it is simply the caffeine that is responsible. Caffeine is wellknown
psychoactive substance. We know that it works wonders in the brain, helping to boost those feel
good chemicals.
The truth is that is is probably a little of both.
In Conclusion

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