Benefits of coffee
Posted on: 19/Dec/2016 9:44:09 AM
Here we bring some happy news for coffee lovers - based on popular researches, we bring you reasons you must have it.
The active ingredient in coffee is caffeine. Caffeine provides a stimulus-barrier benefit. This means that if you are working in a noisy and chaotic environment, coffee can significantly help you concentrate by lowering your sensory sensitivity to distractions.
Sipping coffee before a workout is believed to help your body burn more calories and fat. Caffeine is also believed to improve athletic performance by mobilizing fatty acids from fat tissues.
In observational studies, coffee has been repeatedly associated with a lower risk of diabetes. The reduction in risk ranges from 23 per cent all the way up to 67 per cent. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder in the world and a leading cause of Dementia. Certain researches claim that coffee may play a role in protecting your brain in old age. Multiple studies have shown that coffee can lower the risk of liver cirrhosis by as much as 80 per cent. Several studies have shown that when people drink coffee, they have a lower risk of dying from a range of serious diseases.
Coffee contains Vitamin B5, Vitamin B2, Niacin B3, Thiamine B1, potassium and manganese. This isn’t all. It also contains a big amount of antioxidants Not only in protecting your brain, coffee may also be helping reduce emotional and physical stress. Its effect on neurotransmitters may help your body fight off symptoms of stress and stress-related diseases.
A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that daily coffee consumption may protect against malignant melanoma, which is the deadliest kind of skin cancer.
Researchers revealed that long-term coffee drinking could boost the production of "feel-good" hormones such as dopamine. Coffee has been linked to a lowered risk of depression. Recent studies suggested that coffee can be beneficial for people with dry eyes. Caffeine may stimulate tear glands in the same manner it increases saliva and digestive juices.
So how much coffee can you drink a day? Here’s how much:
- 90 pounds or less, 200 mg of caffeine per day
- 91 to 128 pounds, 300 mg of caffeine per day
- 129 to 165 pounds, 400 mg of caffeine per day
