Coffee is not only a delicious and invigorating drink, but also very healthy. You can find out about all these healing properties in our article. Coffee is an evergreen tropical plant. In the modern world, there are about 80 species, but the most famous and widely demanded are: arabica and robusta. An evergreen coffee tree is pruned to 7-10 feet because it can reach 25 feet in height, making it very inconvenient to harvest. After all, coffee beans are harvested only by hand.
Every year more and more scientists are discovering the beneficial properties of coffee, that it has already begun to displace green tea from the place of the most useful drink. Millions of people start their day with coffee, who already, and cannot imagine, their morning without it. So, if you do not have any problems with the kidneys, insomnia, anxiety and blood pressure, then do not deny yourself a cup of a fragrant and invigorating drink.
Coffee is a fairly healthy product and not only as a drink. Let's take a closer look at its useful properties. How did he so attract a multimillion-dollar audience and win their trust?
Benefits of coffee
- Coffee helps not to get sick and even in the initial stages to cure Alzheimer's disease. It is characterized by a disease of the central nervous system, which leads to a very strong decrease in intelligence, significant memory impairment and irreversible changes in human behavior. Based on the data that scientists obtained during an experiment that was conducted on mice in 2009 - coffee reduces the level of amyloid protein in the brain and blood of animals. Thus, proving that people who in adulthood drink 3-4 cups of coffee a day are 70% less likely to get this disease than those who prefer teas.
- It is also an indisputable fact that the daily use of 4-5 cups of this invigorating drink reduces the likelihood of developing oral cancer by 50%. Scientists have even concluded that decaffeinated coffee also reduces the risk of cancer, although to a lesser extent than regular coffee. After all, the likelihood of the appearance of cancer cells is reduced not due to caffeine, but due to the many other antioxidants that are in the warehouse of this drink. Most of all, coffee is a weapon against cancer cells that affect the mouth and throat. It also prevents their formation in the liver, rectum, kidneys and other internal organs.
- In case of diabetes mellitus of the 2nd degree, it is also recommended to consume this drink. After all, it, or rather the antioxidants, caffeine and the minerals it contains, affect the decrease in glucose and the body's sensitivity to insulin. In addition, if a person drinks 3-5 cups of coffee a day, then the risk of developing diabetes mellitus is 25% lower than that of people who drink 2 or less. Even if you drank coffee before, but for some reason stopped, then you are much less likely to get this disease than people who do not drink coffee at all.
- What can help us when we want to start playing sports, but have no idea how to get through the first week of pain in all muscles? Only coffee will help here. It has been proven that if you drink a cup of this drink before physical activity, then the pain in the muscles will be less noticeable than just drinking water. Adenosine is a substance that triggers cell pain receptors, and coffee, in turn, blocks the activity of this chemical, which is what reduces muscle pain.
- Gout is a disease characterized by the fact that urate crystals in the form of lactic acid are debugged in different tissues of the body, in other words, arthritis of the joints. Research by scientists in 2007 proved the fact that coffee has a beneficial effect on the fight against this disease. If we compare people who drank about five cups of coffee a day, and do not drink this drink at all, then the risk of developing gout in the former decreased by almost 50%. But we must take into account the fact that decaffeinated coffee also reduces the likelihood of this disease, albeit to a lesser extent than usual.
- Caffeine affects the way the information we receive in our brain moves from short-term memory to long-term memory. But one cannot but say about the fact that caffeine in this case helped only when it entered the body at the moments of information transfer from one form to another, directly during its strengthening. A 2007 study by scientists showed that older women who drank more than 3 cups of coffee a day showed significantly less memory impairment than their peers. After all, the second category of women did not drink coffee at all, or 1 cup a day.
- Coffee significantly reduces the possibility of dying from a heart attack. After all, for quite a long time people believed that coffee negatively affects the heart. But recent studies have shown that judicious consumption of this drink has an excellent effect in the fight against heart attacks and strokes. The antioxidants found in coffee improve the permeability of blood vessels, reduce inflammation and affect the prevention of oxidation of "bad" cholesterol. People who drink coffee are 25% less likely to die of cardiovascular disease than those who do not.
- Coffee helps you avoid frequent visits to the dentist, but only if you drink it without sugar and milk. After all, coffee beans negatively affect the bacteria (Streptococcus mutants), which is responsible for the formation of caries and holes in the teeth.
- Since 1999, the health benefits of coffee have also been found for children. When babies suddenly stop breathing to stimulate breathing, they are given coffee injections, which have been officially approved for more than 15 years.
- Coffee is very beneficial in the field of body and hair care. It has the property of dyeing hair, which is why it is recommended to be used only for dark-haired people. Compresses for the eyelids can be made from coffee to relieve puffiness, strengthening hair masks, wonderful face and body scrubs. Coffee becomes a reliable assistant in the fight against cellulite, because it improves blood circulation, which contributes to the rapid breakdown of fat cells.
The properties of coffee, which we talked about in this article, are far from the whole list of positive effects on the body. But this does not mean that if you have never been addicted to coffee, then today you need to start drinking at least 5 cups a day. The amount of drink consumed per day is purely individual for each person. Therefore, if after using it you feel unwell, consult your doctor.
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