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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Drinking Coffee – Good for You?

How much would you pay for a drug that could lower your risk of diabetes, colon cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and stroke while treating your headache and elevating your mood?  Fortunately, this “drug” is available on every street corner in every town in America at exceptionally low costs – coffee.  And with this drug, the more you take in, the better.  No kidding.
 

Coffee Intake Reduces Incidences of Disease

Of all of the preventative measures that you can take to make your body healthier in the years to come, none may be easier (or taste as good) as drinking coffee.  For many years, different studies have been conducted to determine the link between coffee consumption and the incidence of these and other diseases -  and now their startling findings point to the reduction in the rate of disease and the healthy benefits that can be derived while imbibing with your favorite cup of java.

Coffee Halts Diabetes

With the rates of diabetes on the rise, coffee may very well be your first line of defense to keep yourself healthy.  In one study, Harvard researchers analyzed data on 126,000 people over a time period of eighteen years.  Their findings:  among those that drank a moderate amount of coffee (one to three cups), their reduced their risk of developing diabetes by single digits; their more astute coffee-guzzling peers that knocked back six or more cups lowered their risk by an amazing 54% in men and 30% in women.

Coffee and Antioxidant Connection

This Harvard study is just one of over 19,000 that have been conducted over the past few decades that point to coffee’s possible lure for those looking for optimal health.  The secret to coffee’s potential to reduce disease lies in its antioxidant properties.  Antioxidants protect our bodies from damage from free radicals – including diseases like diabetes and cancer.  With the Western diet being full of fats and sugars that contain or produce free radicals and fewer people eating healthy foods that contains antioxidants, an increase in free radical damage by way of disease and illness is prevalent.  Drinking antioxidant rich coffee provides an easy way to ‘beef up’ your antioxidant intake.  Both regular and decaffeinated coffees contain antioxidant properties and it doesn’t matter which roast you prefer.  Both Arabica and Robusta coffee beans are plentiful with disease fighting antioxidants.

Once considered a favorite morning ritual, coffee drinkers in the U.S. receive most of the antioxidants in their daily diets from coffee.  According the National Coffee Association, 80% of Americans drink coffee, while 57% of them drink coffee at least once a day.  Coffee sales worldwide netted more than $70 billion just last year alone, with nearly $20 million of that being sold to coffee-gulping Americans.  With so many benefits to be reaped from a mug of your favorite blend of coffee, perhaps the only guilt that you should feel when pouring your next cup is that you haven’t drank enough coffee lately.

Sincerely,

Caroline Cardenas

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