Coffee is one of the most popular drinks on the planet and the bonus is that there are studies suggesting that it good for you too. We have it at home, in cafe’s and from vending machines – all the time – so the knowledge that it can be good for you is great news.
Coffee contains active ingredients that affect your body – the most famous one being caffeine.
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Many people consume coffee because of the flavour – it tastes delicious and there are so many different ways to drink it. Many also drink it for the uplifting effect of the caffeine. Caffeine helps make you energised and stops you feeling tired. If taken in moderation, this can be good thing.
Plenty of people also drink coffee for its ability to increase short term memory and reactions. Studies have also shown it to have improved the cognitive ability of women over 80 if they have drunk it frequently throughout their life.
Coffee has also been shown to reduce the liklihood of getting certain diseases.
Drinking coffee with the caffeine still in has been credited with lowering the incidence of gallstones and gallbladder disease in both men and women. There is also a significantly reduced risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for people that drink 3-5 cups a day compared to people that have 0-2 cups and a significantly reduced likelihood for men of developing Parkinson’s disease in later life.
Two of the biggest killers in the Western World are cancer and heart disease and by drinking coffee you can protect against certain types of both of these. Researchers have discovered that coffee drinkers are 50% less likely to get liver cancer than those that didn’t drink it. Some studies have also found correlations with lower rates of colon, breast and rectal cancers. This is because it contains the anticancer compound methylpyridinium which is created when the beans are roasted from the trigonelline in the raw beans. It is found in both caffeineated and decaffeinated coffee. For heart disease, the drink is thought to protect against heart attacks, stroke and arrhythmia. This may be because it combats 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 properties will also make you feel better.
The tannins in coffee may also reduce the tooth decay potential of foods by reducing plaque formation.
People adore 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’.
Heading to your nearest coffee vending machines or putting the kettle on at home? 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 fantastic right now.
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