24/09/2021
What about coffee, you ask? ☕
Okay.. here we go...
It's no miracle drink, but it has its benefits..
What makes it so beneficial for our health?
Could it be the caffeine?
Could it be the vitamins and minerals?
What about the polyphenols?
There's much more..
➡️ The same way fruits and vegetables are good for us, new reviews say its because of all the antioxidants it provides.
➡️ They have found 2x important antioxidant enzymes higher in regular coffee drinkers, these help improve detoxification & protect your DNA.
➡️ Research is showing coffee provides a prebiotic fuel for healthy gut bacteria.
Key things to know:
🔑 An optimal dose-response effect of benefits level off around 4 cups per day.
🔑 Coffee is great but take caution with caffeine as we all metabolize it differently. It may affect your sleep or causes jitters, and decaf is comparable!
Why we love coffee:
👉Want to enhance your mood and awareness? Coffee is great for getting important projects done or boosting motivation to exercise.
👉Stay awake in the mornings?
It can help you stay alert during natural energy lows: as cortisol is jacked up in the early morning, you’ll get more benefit by drinking coffee as your coming down from a cortisol peak - between 9 am and 11am.
👉Reduce the risk of cancer?
The antioxidants that coffee provides have a protective effect against cancer. Eg. the antioxidants in coffee improve liver function and better you ability to metabolize estrogen, lowering risk of cancer in the prostate, breast, o***y, and te**es.
👉Want to lower type 2 diabetes?
Coffee modulates blood sugar and can improve insulin sensitivity.
👉How about reduce pain and soreness?
As caffeine binds with pain receptors, this lowers your experience of pain. It’s also a great to use for reducing muscle soreness and restoring strength and energy reserves after a tough muscle draining workout.
👉Hypertension? No problem..
Long-term, coffee improves blood pressure rather than raising it (the short term response).
Coffee improves the health of the vascular system by increasing nitric oxide production (a molecule that dilates blood vessels and helps them stay flexible).
👉Better, faster, stronger..
The caffeine coffee provides improves your power, strength and endurance. Want a higher quality workout? Drink coffee!
👉And now weight loss..
The boost in energy expenditure may only be small, but measurable, and when you combine this with killer workouts and an intelligent nutrition plan, it can pay off with a steadier body composition. Assuming you drink your coffee black, it can help you maintain body composition by increasing insulin sensitivity and slightly raising metabolic rate.
👉Say, liver disease?
Coffee protects the liver in several ways that pay off in less risk of other ailments to the liver, including cancer and fibrosis. As liver disease is one of the fastest growing modern diseases due to unhealthy diets and obesity, coffee can help turn that around.
👉Now the brain..
Not only is caffeine is a nootropic(cognitive enhancer) coffee has long-term benefits for the brain, lowering risk of Alzheimer’s and parkinson's.
It increases activity of the frontal lobe of the brain that influences short-term memory and attention.
So drink up! Comments or questions welcome below👇
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