A cup of coffee a day keeps the
doctor away?
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1. Coffee makes you smarter. Feeling
sluggish? Didn’t get enough shut-eye? When energy lags, coffee can deliver an
instant boost, temporarily increasing cognition, vigilance, reaction time and
logical reasoning.
2. Coffee may slash cancer risk. Current
scientific evidence suggests that moderate coffee consumption comes with
several cancer-fighting benefits, thanks in part to its high level of
antioxidant. In men, coffee can help slow the progression and recurrence of
prostate cancer. In women, three or more cups a day has been linked with a
lower risk of developing basal cell carcinoma (BCC)—the most common type of
skin cancer—by as much as 20 percent.
3. Coffee may ward off depression. Here’s
another reason to drink up: Studies have found that coffee may confer
protection against depression. Caffeine may bust bad moods by stimulating the
production of “feel-good” neurotransmitters in the brain, including dopamine,
serotonin and noradrenalin. Additionally, a recent study from the Harvard School
of Public Health reported
that coffee consumption appears to lower the risk of suicide in men and women
by as much as 50 percent.
4. Coffee enhances athletic performance. Gearing
up for a 5K, spin class or tennis match? Two cups of coffee (or the equivalent
of about 250 mg of caffeine)might be the magic elixir you need to run faster,
pedal longer or hit the ball harder. A natural stimulant, coffee increases
physical endurance by increasing the number of fatty acids circulating in the
bloodstream.
5. Coffee may protect your liver. More
good news for coffee drinkers: That daily pick-me-up could offer a powerful
defense for the liver. In studies, increased caffeine intake was linked with
slowing the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Paraxanthine—one
of the breakdown products of caffeine—is thought to restrict the growth of the
type of tissue seen in liver fibrosis, alcoholic cirrhosis and liver cancer.
6. Coffee may lower diabetes risk. Java
junkies may have a lower chance of developing Type 2 diabetes. A study of
14,000 people in Finland found that women who drank the most coffee curbed
their risk of diabetes by as much as 29 percent (for men, that number was 27
percent). Researchers suspect that the antioxidants in coffee may play a role
in improving insulin sensitivity.
7. Coffee can aid with migraine relief. Although
caffeine can trigger migraines in some people, sipping coffee may provide
instant pain relief when migraines strike. Coffee constricts swollen blood
vessels in the brain, which can decrease throbbing pain. In fact, caffeine is
so effective as a migraine-fighter that it is used as a main ingredient in many
popular over-the-counter migraine medications.
8. Coffee can protect your brain. Coffee may help keep your brain sharp as
you age, thwarting the onset of Alzheimer’s or dementia. A 2012 study conducted
by the University of South Florida and the University of Miami examined
the effect of caffeine on cognition and found that coffee drinkers had lower
risk of developing either of the diseases.
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