Coffee – How it not only tastes incredible, it also has medical benefits!
In North America alone, the average coffee consumption per capita is around 4.4 Kg. Among coffee drinkers (i.e. not per capita) the average coffee consumption in the United States is 3.1 cups of coffee per day! These figures (and trust me, there are many more stats like these) show just how popular coffee really is. Since so many people drink coffee, and so many people drink large amounts of coffee on a daily basis, the medical community began to wonder what effects this “addiction” could have on the human body.
In fact, Coffee consumption benefits the human body in a number of ways! Not only can drinking coffee reduce the risk of Parkinson’s and diabetes, it can also lower the risks of colon cancer and liver cirrhosis to as low as 25 and 80% respectively! Why? Well, the antioxidants inside the coffee have been found to control the growth of the cancer cells! Another stat for you; In a study of 8000 men, coffee drinkers were five times less likely to get Parkinson’s disease! The list of medical benefits continues even further, type 2 diabetes, headache severity, gallstones, liver disease, all of these things can be prevented by drinking coffee!
You might be interested to know that coffee improves the cognitive function and endurance performance in long-duration physical activities!
If you were worried about the effects coffee might have on your brain, you might be interested to know that coffee improves the cognitive function and endurance performance in long-duration physical activities! Coffee contains caffeine (as if you didn’t know that already!), which acts as a stimulant. For this reason, it is often consumed in the morning and during working hours. Students preparing for examinations with late-night "cram sessions" use coffee to maintain their concentration, while many office workers take a "coffee break" when their energy is diminished.
Recent research has uncovered additional stimulating effects of coffee which are not related to its caffeine content. Coffee contains an as yet unknown chemical agent which stimulates the production of cortisone and adrenaline, two stimulating hormones.
Harvard researchers carried out a research for 18 years analyzing 1, 26,000 people and found that people who drink coffee on a regular basis can have reduced their risk of diabetes by 10%.While the consumers having six cups or more each day slashed men’s diabetes risk by 54% and women’s by 30%.
You should be safe in the knowledge that coffee is a beneficial drink in numerous cases, however whilst we are reveling in the glory of our favorite drink, it should also be mentioned that there are health risks to drinking coffee, and if you drink large amounts it might be worth looking those up!