Coffee usually takes time at the morning. Coffee has a lot of health benefits, regardless of its side effects.
Here are some health reasons to drink coffee :
1-Cut the Pain:
Two cups of coffee can cut post-workout muscle pain by up to 48%.
2-Increase your fiber intake:
A cup of brewed coffee represents a contribution of up to 1.8 grams of fiber of the recommended intake of 20-38 grams.
3-Reduced Liver Cancer Risk:
Researchers at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center found that those that consume 1-3 cups of coffee a day have a 29% reduced risk of developing liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is the most common type.
4-Lowered risk of Type 2 Diabetes:
Those who consumed 6 or more cups per day had a 22% lower risk of diabetes. A recent review showed that the risk of type II diabetes decreases by 9% for each daily cup of coffee consumed. Decaf coffee decreased risk by 6% per cup.
5-Lowered risk of Alzheimer’s disease:
There is considerable evidence that caffeine may protect against Alzheimer’s disease.
6-Reduces suicide risk and Depression:
A 10-year study of 86,000 female nurses shows a reduced risk of suicide in the coffee drinkers. Another study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health found that women who drink 4 or more cups of coffee were 20% less likely to suffer from depression.
7-Protection against Parkinson’s:
People with Parkinson’s disease are less likely to be smokers and coffee drinkers than their healthy siblings. Just make sure you don’t get lung cancer on the way. Even newer research out of Sweden revealed that drinking coffee reduces the risk of Parkinson’s even when genetic factors come into play.
8-Coffee drinkers have less risk of heart disease:
Researchers found that study participants who consumed 3 to 5 cups of coffee a day were less likely to show the beginning signs of heart disease.
9-Coffee drinkers have stronger DNA:
A study published in the European Journal of Nutrition showed that coffee drinkers have DNA with stronger integrity since the white blood cells of coffee drinkers had far less instance of spontaneous DNA strand breakage.
10-Lower Risk of Multiple Sclerosis:
Recent research showed that at least 4 cups of coffee a day may help protect against the development and reoccurrence of MS. It is believed that the coffee prevents the neural inflammation that possibly leads to the disease developing.
11-Coffee reduces colorectal cancer risk:
Even moderate consumption of coffee can reduce the odds of developing colorectal cancer by 26%. This protective benefit increases with more consumption.
Guest post for Match Made Coffee written by Hadi Zreik of the Think Smart blog.
