The Health Benefits of Coffee

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks on the planet and the bonus is that there are studies showing it good for you too.

Coffee contains active ingredients that affect the human body – the most famous one being caffeine.

Many people drink coffee because of the flavour – it tastes great and there are so many different ways to drink it. Many also drink it for the stimulating effect of the caffeine. Caffeine helps make you energised and combats tiredness. If taken in moderation, this can be helpful.

Plenty of people also drink coffee for its ability to increase short-term memory and reactions. Studies have also found it to have improved the cognitive ability of women over 80 if they have drunk it regularly throughout their life.

Coffee has also been shown to reduce the risks of getting certain diseases.

Drinking caffeinated coffee has been credited with a lowering the incidence of gallstones and gallbladder disease in both sexes. There is also a significantly reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia for people who drink 3-5 cups a day compared to those that have 0-2 cups and a significantly reduced likelihood for men of developing Parkinson’s disease later in life.

Two of the biggest killers in the Western World are cancer and heart disease and coffee can help protect against certain types of both of these. Researchers have found that coffee drinkers were 50% less likely to get liver cancer than those that didn’t drink it. Some studies have also found correlations to lower rates of breast, colon and rectal cancers. This is because it contains the anticancer compound methylpyridinium which is formed during the roasting process from the trigonelline in the raw beans. It is found in all types of the drink. For heart disease, the drink is thought to help prevent heart attacks, stroke and arrhythmia. This may be because it battles the inflammatory damage associated with early stage illness.

Caffeine increases the effectiveness of pain killers which is why it is often found in flu and headache medicines. The energising effect will also make you feel better.

The tannins in coffee may also reduce the tooth decay potential of foods by reducing plaque formation.

People love drinking coffee and as well as tasting good and stimulating the body, it can also be doing some real good. Obviously there are drawbacks to having too much of it but a good motto for all food and drink is ‘everything in moderation’. Next time you are enjoying a cup of coffee, you can relax in the knowledge that it could improve your health in the long-term as well as tasting great right now.

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