COFFEE’S GOOD!
ONCE SUSPECTED IN A VARIETY OF DISEASE, COFFEE NOW HAS AN IMPRESSIVE RESUNE: MOUNTING EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT COFFEE DRINKS HAVE A LOWER RISK OF DEVELOP IN TYPE 2 DIABETES, GALLSTONE, PARKINSON’S DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS AND CERTAIN TYPES OF LIVER, BREAST AND COLON CANCERS.BETTER THAN FRUIT JUICE? HUNDREDS OF COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING ANTIOXIDANTS, SEEM TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COFFEE’S MANY PROTECTIVE BENEFITS. IN A RECENT DRINKERS HADA LOWER RISK OD DYING FROM CARDIOVASCULAR CAUSES THAN NONDRINKERS. BLACK COFFEEIS PROBABLY EVEN BETTER FOR YOU THAN HIGH- CALORIE BEVERAGES. A NORWEGIAN STUDYFOUND THAT A TYPICAL SERVING OF BREWED COFFEE IS RICHER IN ANTIOXIDANTS THAN ASERVING OF BLUEBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, PINEAPPLE OR MANY FRUIT JUICES.BRAIN BONUS COFFEE MIGHTHELP YOUR MIND AS MUCH AS YOUR BODY. ONE STUDY FOUND THAT SLEEP-DEPRIVED RATSWERE MUCH CALMER AFTER SIMPLY INHALING ROASTED COFFEE BEANS.
SIPPING TIPS
MANY DIETITIANS BELIEVE MORE RATION IS STILL BEST AND RECOMMEND DRINKING ONLY ONE OR TWO CUPS OF COFFEE A DAY- WITHOUT WHOLE MILK, WHIPPED CREAM, AND SUGAR. DRINK MUCH MORE THAN THAT HAND THE CAFFEINE CAN DEHYDRATE YOU OR RAISE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE.PREGNANT WOMEN WILL WANT TO LIMIT THEIR INTAKE, TOO, AS COFFEE CAN BOOST THE RISK OF MISCARRIAGE. IF YOU WORRIED ABOUT CHOLESTEROL, STICK TO PAPER-FILTERED AND INSTANT COFFEES.UNFILTERED AND INSTANT COFFEES. UNFILTERED COFFEES, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY MADE WITH A FRENCH PRESS, CONTAIN MORE OF A CHOLESTEROL-RAISING SUBSTANCE CALLED CAFESTOL.