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Coffee: A Historic Beverage, And A Great Holiday Gift
Ah, coffee... a fantastic dark beverage that wakes us up in the morning. For some of us, it keeps us up during the day, or for late night study sessions. We drink it out of habit, we drink it from addiction, we drink it for flavor; whatever the...
Coffee Breaks - Do they create Stress?
The American custom of taking break during the working hours. Thus coffee breaks began in the early 20th century. At the end of the 19th century, the American workplace was a dreadful place for a break. But as the century turned, social reform was...
New England Coffee
In 1607 The London Company sent 105 adventurous employees to the New World and the founding American colony of Jamestown was created. In New England coffee would not appear until around 1660. The coffee craze of the 1700’s was well underway in...
The perfect cup of coffee
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Wisdom Over Coffee
Wisdom Over Coffee Helaine Iris © 2004 “Learn to pause ... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.” Doug King I was having coffee with three coach colleagues at Starbucks the other day. It’s a ritual I look forward to. We get together twice...
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Health and Coffee Issues
Regrettably, one of the many health and coffee issues are the health risks to people in some countries and how it affects their ability to drink coffee safely. Doctors and health care officials have been taught that coffee is an unhealthy beverage to drink. These teachings have been based on 40+ year old research methods which have been shown by current research to be incorrect. But, since the doctors are not current on these new facts, they convey the inaccurate picture of coffee as being unhealthy to coffee drinkers and health organizations.
In fact, current studies have proven that coffee drinking in moderation can be good for your health.
In part coffee is more than caffeine and yellow teeth. With the chemical make up of coffee, studies have shown new and very and beneficial properties for coffee and health issues. One of the discoveries is the effect in the chemical make up of the dissolvement of Chlorogenic Acid, a property in the chemical make up of coffee. It has been found that Chlorogenic Acid is a strong antioxidant which helps in the reduction of oxidative tissue stress and some anti-inflammatory issues.
It has also been found that coffee drinking can help prevent possible drug addictions and may act as an anti-depressant. An interesting issue of coffee and health is how consumption affects brain functions. Coffee may coincide with anti-drug addiction properties.
Coffee has chem-protective properties that can provide defense against Hepatitis C, Gallstones, Alzheimers Diesease and Parkinson's Disease. It has also been shown to halt the
development of Type 2 Diabetes in the later years of adulthood with a modest amount of coffee consumption on a daily basis. When a person is having an asthma attack and they do not have an inhailer available, the next best thing would be drinking a cup of coffee.
Side Effects of Coffee Drinking from the Caffeine Content
- Helps Develope Creative Thoughts
- Better Decision Making
- Short and Long Term Memory Improvement
- Increase Endurance during Physical Activities
- Halt the risk of Type 2 Diabetes in later years of Adulthood
In research of around 126,000 men and women, it was discovered that if people consumed more pure coffee it would reduce the chances of people developing Blood Sugar Disease compared to people who didn't or don't drink as much coffee.
In a study of men and the consumption of coffee, men who drank up to 5 cups a day lowered their chances contracting type 2 diabetes. The benefits for women were somewhat less, but still beneficial.
Previous health and coffee studies showed the average american coffee drinker drank about three cups a day. Research done by Harvard University combined all previous studies to come up with a new average, namely 1 to 2 cups of coffee a day.
Even though in these health and coffee studies of type 2 Diabetes chances were decrease with coffee consumption, researcher's don't recommend increasing your consumption of coffee to try to decrease or prevent the chances of developing diabetes.
More recent research has shown that coffee consumption leads to healthier blood sugar levels. A study of Swedish women showed that drinking at least 2 cups of coffee daily were less at risk for diabetes than women who drank none or less
than 2 cups daily. However, researchers have been unable to determine which chemical compound of the hundreds found in coffee actually helped to reduce the risk of diabetes. Coffee consumption reduced the risk for diabetes despite other factors involved such as smoking, drinking and otherwise unhealthy lifestyles.
Related Health and Coffee Issues
More to that first cup of Coffee
Research has found that your first cup of coffee in the day could shield you against colon cancer.
In a study by German researchers on an enzyme called Methylpyridinium it was discovered to prevent or protect against colon cancer. Using animals to test this highly potent antioxident researchers found that it excites production of Phase ll Enzyme's which are believed to protect against colon cancer pulpitation's. This is according to a recent magazine article about the relationship between health and coffee. Methylpyridinium is an anticancer compound that is in coffee which has for years been thought to protect against Colon Cancer and now has been identified as doing just that.
A professor at the University of Musnter, an Institute for Food Chemistry has said that until human studies are done we won't know the total effects of coffee on colon cancer development. He also noted that in comparison to medium roast coffees, espresso has 2 to 3 times the amount of cancer fighting agents. Even instant coffee has the same anticancer compounds found in caffeinated and decaffeinated coffees.
Coffee colonics detoxify the liver, as well as cleanse the colon. Some people claim that they provide immediate relief to toxicity symptoms, such as congestion, indigestion, pain and headaches. There are even some small studies that suggest that coffee in enema form can aid in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
About the Author
Randy's son David owns http://www.ultimate-coffees-info.com. Randy helps with the copywriting and operations of the Coffee website.
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