Healthy Lifestyle With Coffe

 

Health benefits of coffee

Coffee is a stimulant drink that contains caffeine. The content can increase energy, alertness, mood, and brain function.

Well, if you drink it as needed, here are the various benefits of coffee for your body's health:

1. Maintain heart health

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Quoted from the Harvard School of Public Health website, drinking coffee regularly may reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.

This is evidenced in several studies mentioned on the site.

Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee per day is thought to reduce the risk of stroke by 20% compared to people who don't drink coffee at all.

Research published in the journal Current Cardiology Reports proves that drinking coffee regularly in moderate doses does not adversely affect cardiovascular health.

2. Maintain ideal body weight

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Another benefit that you can take from coffee consumption is to maintain an ideal body weight, maybe even help lose it.

The study, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, looked at the comparison of the frequency of coffee drinking between individuals who wanted to lose weight and those who didn't.

As a result, those who wanted to lose weight reported drinking more coffee and caffeinated beverages than those who didn't.

Thus, consumption of caffeinated beverages may be able to support a person's weight loss or maintenance efforts.

3. Reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes

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In addition to losing weight, coffee is also said to have benefits for reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes.

The Mayo Clinic states that there are several studies that prove that coffee consumption, whether it contains caffeine or not, may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

However, if you already have diabetes, the caffeine in coffee is at risk of affecting blood sugar levels, either higher or lower.

Therefore, you should consult your doctor if you want to drink coffee but you have type 2 diabetes.

4. Maintain brain health

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The caffeine in coffee has many positive effects on the brain, such as increasing alertness, helping concentration, improving mood, and reducing the risk of depression.

In addition, the journal Practical Neurology states that coffee consumption can prevent cognitive decline in brain function, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

This means that daily intake of coffee and caffeine is safe to include in a balanced and healthy diet.

In fact, coffee intake also does not need to be stopped in the elderly (elderly).

5. Maintain the health of the liver

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The next benefit of coffee is related to liver health. The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology states that coffee intake has the potential to reduce the amount of fat in the liver.

Animal studies mentioned in the journal show that the chemical content in coffee can help detoxify cancer cells in the liver.

However, more research is needed to prove how effectively coffee can help treat chronic liver disease.

6. Reduces the risk of cancer

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As mentioned above, coffee may be beneficial in lowering the risk of liver cancer.

The Harvard School of Public Health website also states that coffee can affect the development of cancer, from the onset of cancer cells to their death.

The caffeine content in coffee is said to interfere with the growth and spread of cancer cells.

The American Cancer Society says there are several studies that prove that coffee may reduce several types of cancer, including:

prostate cancer,

heart cancer,

endometrial cancer, and

some cancers of the mouth and throat.

7. Reduces the risk of gallstones

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There are various benefits of caffeine in coffee which is said to prevent the formation of gallstones.

This is because the coffee content is able to prevent the formation of cholesterol which causes the formation of crystals or stones in the gallbladder.

The content can stimulate contractions in the sac and increase bile flow, so cholesterol does not accumulate there.