Coffee Health Benefits: Good For The Body?

Here they are in arbitrary order. And you can make them using a black one cup coffee maker.

Coffee as an antioxidant.

Grapes, cranberries and dates are high in antioxidants aside from their vitamins and minerals. Yet, people get more antioxidants from coffee than from these fruits or other vegetables.

One reason we get our antioxidants from coffee is that we simply consume more of it than any other source of antioxidants. According to a study by Nestle Research Center in Switzerland, coffee has four times more antioxidants than the famous green tea. It has also more antioxidants than cocoa, herbal teas, and red wine.

One other good thing is that both decaffeinated coffee and a regular brew have the same antioxidants. Decaf or not, coffee helps people fight off damaging effects of free radicals.

Oxidation is a normal process that breaks down chemicals in our bodies. However, it also creates free radicals which can attack our cells. (Tobacco smoke and radiation can also create free radicals.)

Left alone, free radicals can cause permanent body damage. Antioxidants, which have also been linked to protection against heart disease and cancer, round up and neutralize these damaging radicals in the system.

Coffee as a stimulant

The caffeine in coffee acts as a stimulant. This is why it is a perfect morning beverage to start the day. Recent studies have also discovered additional stimulants not related to caffeine. It is a chemical agent, unknown as yet, that induces production of cortisone and adrenaline, two stimulating hormones.

Tip: If you want coffee to keep you alert, drink small amounts of coffee throughout the day.

Coffee enhances short term recall and increases IQ

In tests, people who regularly drank coffee were found to perform better in simple reaction time, incidental verbal memory, and visual-spatial reasoning. Another study showed that women over 80 years old who regularly drank coffee throughout their lives performed significantly better on cognitive tests.

Coffee and diabetes

There have also been discoveries on the beneficial connection between coffee and diabetes.

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham Women's Hospital have found that the participants in their study who regularly drank coffee significantly reduced the risk of the onset of type 2 diabetes, compared to non-coffee drinking participants. Their findings appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Jan. 6, 2004 issue.

Coffee and fiber

The presence of fiber in coffee seemed a dubious idea at first. But recent findings in Spain suggest that the levels of soluble fiber in coffee are higher than those found in wine and orange juice.

This is the fiber that helps prevent cholesterol from being absorbed by the intestines. One interesting note: the fiber is higher in instant coffee than in freshly ground coffee.

Coffee as an analgesic

It has also been found that caffeine increases the effectiveness of pain-killers, especially migraine and common headaches. (Caffeine is included in the formula of some headache drugs.)

Since regular coffee contains caffeine, coffee can help in significantly toning down simple headaches and migraine.

Coffee and other diseases

There are other diseases that coffee seems to fight off.

A recent study (2009) found that moderate coffee drinkers had a reduced risk of developing dementia in addition to Alzheimer's disease. Coffee drinkers are likewise significantly less likely to contract Parkinson's disease later in life.

It has also been shown that coffee can reduce the incidence of cirrhosis of the liver and a primary liver cancer with cirrhosis. The same is true of coffee's consumption correlated to reduced risk of oral, esophageal and pharyngeal cancers.

All in all, coffee has been through many scientific studies. The old myths about coffee have been banished. Formal scientific discoveries though the years have uncovered significant positive health benefits associated with coffee drinking.

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Getting eight hours of rest, a good diet and taking some multivitamins are the best ways to maintain a healthy body. But did you know that drinking coffee is also beneficial because it has antioxidants?

This was discovered after researchers did further tests to check if there are any effects of drinking coffee aside from increased alertness. Studies conclude that taking two to three cups daily can prevent various diseases such as Parkinson's disease, depression and the prevention of cavities. And you can get your fix with a red one cup coffee maker.

Another study shows that the antioxidants contained in coffee are more effective than those coming from fruits and vegetables.

Aside from coffee, other substances that contain caffeine, which can help boost the immune system, are tea and chocolate. Red wine or beer is helpful but these must be consumed in moderation.

Green coffee beans for example have something inside called chlorogenic acid. This is an antioxidant that helps regulate the digestive system and makes the body absorb oxygen much better than other liquids.

Regular black coffee on the other hand has caffeic acid, melanoidins and N-methylpyridinium.

There are people who drink coffee with cream, milk or sugar. Even if one or all three are mixed with coffee, the level of antioxidants that it has remains the same so people can still reap the benefits of drinking it.

So, the next time the person goes to a cafe and decides to get a drink, chances are that coffee will be ordered instead of a cup of tea. The person will just have to choose from the different variants now available which could be either hot or cold.

Studies have shown that there is nothing wrong with drinking more than three cups of coffee daily. Some people are able to do it while others can't. The best thing to do is know when enough is enough. After all, there is always tomorrow and it is not that difficult to brew up a new batch. By engaging in other things that will benefit one's lifestyle, the individual will surely live until one is in 70's or 80's.

The only ones who shouldn't drink coffee are those who are pregnancy, are suffering from heart disease or children who will become restless with the excess energy due to the caffeine.

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