Today we celebrate one of my best friends, COFFEE! It is national coffee day. I believe in taking full advantage of this day and consuming as much of this caffeinated drink as possible. You should too!!
While you may think that drinking coffee can become addicting, let me inform you of the fantastic health benefits that it has.
- Antioxidant Rich - coffee, due to its high caffeine content, is a great source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are cancer preventative and help fight the negative affects of aging.
- Magnesium Rich - unfortunately studies have proven that many Americans are magnesium deficient, a mineral necessary to many of the enzymes in your body in order to catalyze reactions.
- Anti Bacterial and Anti Adhesive Qualities - believe it or not, Italian researchers discovered this interesting little fact as they were conducting experiments regarding their favorite national drink that was getting a bad rep by health researchers ("them"). Practically speaking, this means that coffee is proven to prevent cavities (provided you don't dump an ocean of sugar into your drink).
- Promotes Digestion - because coffee is a diuretic, it generally speaking, sends people straight to the bathroom.
- Improves Athletic Endurance and Performance - Believe it or not, coffee has recently been labeled a "controlled" substance for athletes participating in the Olympic Games due to the unfair performance advantages large amounts of the drink provides. Coffee has proven to increase athletic endurance as well as general coordination and performing abilities in serious athletes.
- Decreases Depression - studies conducted on school age children in Brazil demonstrated that children who drank a cup of coffee before going to school had a much lower instance of depression later in life than those who didn't drink coffee.
- Decreases Your Chances of Developing Parkinson's Disease - 6 separate studies conducted by researchers have proven that people who drink large amounts of coffee on a regular basis are 80% less likely to develop Parkinson's disease then those that don't.
- Decreases Your Risk of Developing Colon Cancer - studies have shown that people who drink 2 cups of coffee on a regular basis have a 25% reduced risk of developing colon cancer.
- Offsets the Damaging Effects of Smoking - coffee has proven to offset some of the negative side effects of heavy smokers, such as heart disease and liver damage.
- Treats Asthma and Headaches - asthma and headache medicines contain large doses of caffeine in them due to the substance's ability to treat their symptoms. The caffeine found in coffee, although present in smaller amounts, has proven to have the same positive affects on alleviating headaches and treating asthma.
- Reduces Your Risk of Liver Disease - studies have shown that people who drink 2 cups of coffee on a daily basis have an 80% reduced risk rate of developing liver cirrhosis
I am not implying that you need to drink 8 cups a day, but maybe 4!
I am personally thankful to this lovely drink and I owe it everything. Go out and Celebrate the awesomeness that is coffee.
Check out The Oatmeal, this is an awesome blog, and he has given you some very important info about Coffee.
Recipes made possible because of Coffee:
Great website for Coffee Lovers: COFFEE!!
Truths of the Day:
- Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after petroleum. World Wide coffee production tips the scales at about 6 million metric tons
- The average person who buys coffee outside of the office to consume at work will spend the equivalent value of a round trip plane ticket to Florida every year
- The expression "a cup of Joe" to donate coffee, was first coined during WWII, when American servicemen (G.I Joe) were identified as big coffee drinkers
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