Good News for Coffee Drinkers

Coffee, long known as the drink of choice for college students cramming for that final exam and those cursed to arise early in the morning, may be better for you than you think.

Trailing coffee and black tea are bananas, dried beans and corn. A study recently released from lead author, University of Scranton in Pennsylvania chemistry professor, Joe Vinson, shows coffee to hold the lead in anti-oxidant absorption against long-time contender black tea.

This study shows people absorb the highest amount of anti-oxidants from coffee. Usually found in fruits and vegetables, anti-oxidants help to rid the body of free radicals, which cause cancers and heart disease. Anti-oxidants are known for their anti-cancer and anti-aging properties as well as aiding in protection against heart disease.

Other studies have shown moderate (2-4 cups per day) coffee drinkers lower their risk for certain kinds of cancers as well as six 8-ounce cups of coffee cut the risk of type-2 diabetes as much as 30%.

Coffee only contains a few types of anti-oxidants while fruits and vegetables contain a variety, which is most beneficial to the human body. However, before you go out and buy stock in your local coffee shop, there's no reason to start calling coffee a new health food.

In addition some studies link heavy coffee drinking with reduced fertility, other studies show an increase in LDL-cholesterol (the 'harmful' kind). To what degree this actually contribute to heart attacks is a matter of debate.

People drinking four or more cups per day also have twice the risk of urinary incontinence and women drinking coffee seem to lose more calcium and tend to have less dense bones than non-caffeine drinkers.

Bon cafetite! All in all most agree that the benefits - at least at moderate consumption levels - outweigh the risks.

coffee for a better life

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Everything else is decadence. To understand coffee, one must understand the core value of tea: that the brewed leaf itself is the only healthful component. The fact stands that tea can only be as beneficial as its preparation, which in some cases may have as much sugar as a can of soda. Tea, its main rival, seems to offer a bounty of better health benefits; a drink for the New Agers and those who want to escape the decadence of the brown, caffeinated drink. Coffee, a drink cherished by many; a drink avoided by others.The bean is the important part. But all of this remains unchanged from tea. Along with cream, sugar waters down the benefits of coffee, where it turns the brew into drinkable candy. And then the all-consuming vice: sugar. Espresso machines, for example, produce a highly concentrated form of ordinary coffee. But the culture of coffee, like the tao of tea, contains a lot of excess trimmings. To that, the coffee bean itself contains a number of benefits to health.A daily cup poses no threat to the average person. Symptoms like these may sound off-putting, but they exist only in the long run for an abusive drinker. And depending on the brew, coffee contains acids that have been linked to stomach ulcers. Coffee is rich in the B vitamin niacin, it in turn restricts the body from other vitamins. But such an alternative could downplay the positive affects of the drink. To those sensitive to caffeine, the obvious alternative can be found in decaffeinated coffee. Serving size also comes into play. Different kinds of coffee (all prepared differently) will yield varied levels of caffeine content. Caffeine can wreak havoc on the nervous system, but that does not make it synonymous with coffee.This along with less cream and less sugar, can make for a risk-free casual cup of coffee. Compared to their quality cousins, instant coffee should satisfy the balanced drinker. All told, for those who refuse to switch to decaffeinated, instant coffee granules contain less caffeine and fatty acids. The pressurized water in an espresso will not keep out most of the volatile acids, and it will also increase the caffeine content. The pressurized water in an espresso will not keep out most of the volatile fatty acids in the brew (though some claim it helps the coffee to taste better). The standard method used by drip machines yield a good amount of caffeine and the filter traps out most of the volatile fatty acids in the brew (though some claim it helps the coffee to taste better). And a cup can be prepared several ways.