That Coffee Roasters: 10 Coffee Benefits

lunes, 28 de mayo de 2018

10 Coffee Benefits

Coffee is not only delicious, but it can also surprise you with unexpected benefits! That Coffee Roasters lined-up 10 things that coffee can help you with, proving that flavor isn’t all this beverage can offer.

1. Coffee improves metabolism and helps with physical performance

Studies have proven that drinking coffee can raise a person's metabolism and help them burn fat at a faster pace, directly affecting the eventual weight loss. Caffeine manages this by stimulating the nervous system, causing it to send signals to the fat cells to break down body fat.

2. Coffee provides antioxidants and essential nutrients in abundance

Despite common belief, coffee has a great nutritional value. It contains a number of essential nutrients, such as riboflavin (11% of the RDA), pantothenic acid (6% of the RDA), manganese (3% of the RDA), potassium (3% of the RDA), magnesium (2% of the RDA) and niacin (2% of the RDA).

This means that coffee is a great source of antioxidants, which are substances that prevent or delay cell damage, and they can control how fast people age by neutralizing free radicals, making coffee one of the top sources of antioxidants in the average American diet.

3. Coffee is good for preventing diabetes

Diabetes, a delicate health issue with over 400 million patients, affects about 8% of adults over the age of 18 worldwide.

Recent studies show that coffee drinkers have a notable lower risk of developing Type II diabetes. In one of these studies, participants with an overall daily consumption of at least three cups of coffee reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by approximately 42%.

If you’re concerned about suffering from diabetes, you could start including coffee in your diet on a regular basis to improve your chances of preventing it. But make sure to limit the sugar you add to it, though.

4. Coffee is good for your brain!

Coffee contains caffeine (no need to be a genius to know this), but it should also be noted that caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, this means that when you drink coffee, the caffeine goes to the brain where it enhances the firing of the neurons and increasing energy metabolism throughout the brain.

This could be useful the next time you need to study or take a test; knowing this, try drinking a cup of coffee beforehand for a little help.

5. May help prevent liver disease

Studies have proven that there is a compound in coffee that protects against a liver disease called cirrhosis. This is a condition in which the liver tissue is damaged and replaced with scar tissue. Regular doses of black coffee had been shown to be a natural detox drink to help protect against the onset of cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis in particular.

6. Coffee may help protect against heart disease and stroke

Keeping with the science-based benefits, there have been studies that show that moderate coffee consumption lowered the risk of coronary heart disease in women. These investigations have also shown that higher coffee consumption reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease and strokes.

We shouldn't rely only on this; drinking coffee isn’t going to eliminate all chances of developing heart disease or having a stroke. This requires a good diet, lifestyle habits, (and good genes as well). But it's good to know that just adding coffee to your diet helps reduce these risks.

7. Caffeine may lower skin cancer risk

The National Institute of Health found that higher coffee intake was directly associated with a noticeable decrease in the risk of a specific type of skin cancer called melanoma.

If there is a concern about any risk of skin cancer, try adding a few cups of coffee to the diet to help reduce it.

8. Caffeine can prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a health condition that degenerates memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and are more noticeable over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks eventually.

A research has found that drinking 3-5 cups per day while in the middle-aged years of an individual was associated with a decreased risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia by about 65% in your later years.

9. Coffee may help to avoid Parkinson’s Disease symptoms

Parkinson’s Disease is a chronic condition that involves malfunctions and death of certain nerve cells in the brain (which are called neurons). This is a progressive disease, meaning that symptoms get worse over time. The cause is currently unknown, and there is no cure yet.

Worldwide, nearly 7 million people are living with Parkinson’s disease.

Studies have shown that higher caffeine intake is associated with a decent lower incidence of this disease. This benefit, along with the reduction in AD and dementia, makes coffee an excellent asset for your diet as you get older without losing any mental strength and clarity.

10. Coffee may lower the chances of developing depression

Depression is a chronic and very serious mood pathology. It causes symptoms that affect how the patient thinks, feels and deals with daily activities like sleeping, eating, or working. Around 20% of women will be affected by depression during their lifespan.

Some scientific studies have found that increased coffee consumption decreased the risk of depression. This might be related to the stimulant properties of caffeine, improved by the warmth and rich flavors that coffee provides.

Were you familiar with all these stupendous benefits from coffee? As you can see, the world of coffee is vast and deep. If you know some more benefits we might have left out, please let us know in the comment section below, and don’t forget to follow us on our That Coffee Roasters social networks!