Coffee's Unique Health Benefits

wassergottin
wassergottin Posts: 154 Member
in Food and Nutrition
By Michael Downey

" Every morning, many of us sip our coffee with no real thought given to the beans behind the brew. But coffee beans are extra-ordinarily complex fruits containing over 1,0001,2 compounds - only a handful of which have ever been individually investigated by scientists. Not only is coffee packed with antioxidants,3 but it is the greatest source of antioxidants in the American diet.3,4

The average American coffee drinker consumes about 3.1 cups of coffee a day,5 but extensive research has found that higher volumes - as much as 4 to 12 cups daily - can help prevent most major killers, including cardiovascular disease,6-8 cancer,9-11 diabetes,12-14 liver disease,15-17 and Alzheimer's disease.18-20

For instance, in case-controlled human studies, compared to coffee abstainers, those who drank the most coffee cut their risks of breast cancer by 57% and diabetes by 67%.10,21

In this article, you will learn about recent research into the benefits of coffee consumption, what's missing from most commercial coffee beans, and what people should do who are overly sensitive to coffee beverages."

More found: http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2012/jan2012_Discovering-Coffees-Unique-Health-Benefits_01.htm

I just wanted to share as this is great news, and I always make sure to have coffee (and tea) on a daily basis. I'm sure this has been on the forums before, too, but I thought it was interesting enough to make a second (or third) round.

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Caffeine is an addictive, psycho-active drug that has a number of well documented negative health effects.

    Proceed with caution.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    Coffee's most important health benefit is that it allows me to keep my eyes open and muster up the strength to do really difficult stuff like stand up in the morning. Bring on the addictive psycho-active drugs!
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    It has health benefits - coffee keeps me from harming those around me.
  • IZackV13
    IZackV13 Posts: 157 Member
    My mother has a serious caffeine addiction, and each time she's tried to wean off of it, she eventually regresses. Maybe it's willpower or self-control or whatever, but I have seen friends come off of nicotine easier than her on caffeine.

    That being said, I'm blessed to not be stimulant-sensitive (at ALL...I can drink a Monster an hour before bed and sleep soundly), so I'm all about coffee.

    Two sides to every story, I suppose.
  • ElyseL1
    ElyseL1 Posts: 504 Member
    Coffee's most important health benefit is that it allows me to keep my eyes open and muster up the strength to do really difficult stuff like stand up in the morning. Bring on the addictive psycho-active drugs!

    HERE HERE!
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    It has health benefits - coffee keeps me from harming those around me.

    ^This. Coffee is what keeps me from *actually* punching people in the throat. Instead, I just imagine it.
  • sobriquet84
    sobriquet84 Posts: 607 Member
    Caffeine is an addictive, psycho-active drug that has a number of well documented negative health effects.

    Proceed with caution.

    lol. the same could be said about the internet.
  • sobriquet84
    sobriquet84 Posts: 607 Member
    My mother has a serious caffeine addiction, and each time she's tried to wean off of it, she eventually regresses. Maybe it's willpower or self-control or whatever, but I have seen friends come off of nicotine easier than her on caffeine.

    That being said, I'm blessed to not be stimulant-sensitive (at ALL...I can drink a Monster an hour before bed and sleep soundly), so I'm all about coffee.

    Two sides to every story, I suppose.

    my husband is the same. he could have an energy drink at 8pm and have no problem going to bed. i have one strong mug of coffee in the mornings and that's all the caffeine i drink.

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