We’re all hooked on it, but is it good for us? The question regarding true benefits of coffee has finally been answered.
Dr. Mehmet Oz (sharecare.com)
ShareCare.com posed the question and received direct responses from medical experts, Dr. Oz, one of America’s Leading Experts in general medicine and Dr. Michael Roizen, a board-certified Internist and Anesthesiologist with special expertise in hypotension:
Coffee can protect the brain. One study found that coffee can help keep the blood-brain barrier intact; this barrier acts as a coating, and protects the brain from unwanted materials and damaging elements, like harmful cholesterol. Another study showed that coffee may also improve short-term memory. Coffee is high in antioxidants; Americans get most of their antioxidants from coffee. Drinking one or two cups a day is healthy, just remember to use modest amounts of milk and sugar.
Dr. Michael Roizen (sharecare.com)
According to studies, drinking 24 ounces of coffee decreases your risk of Parkinson’s disease by 40 percent and your risk of Alzheimer’s disease by about 20 percent. Why? Researchers are not quite sure, except that it appears caffeine has a beneficial impact on neurotransmitters.
Caffeine’s effect is substantial, whether it’s coffee or in low-calorie soft drinks. It can help you live three to six months younger.
Warning: For some people, too much caffeine causes irregular heartbeats, difficulty with diabetes, upset stomach, anxiety, or migraines. And in men, if you suffer from an enlarged prostate condition called benign prostatic hypertrophy, caffeine can make it worse by causing spasms in the urethra.
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Thanks Margarita for sharing this with us.
Coffee seem to be getting more attention for health lately. I would like to share with you what I have discovered about Coffee or more specific the Coffee Cherry or some call it Coffee Fruit.
First a little about my background, My name is Jose Parra and I’m a cancer survivor of non Hotchkins Lymphoma. After my bone marrow transplant I dedicated myself to researching for a Multi Vitamin high in antioxidant that would help me with my immune system.
A friend of mine told me about the KonaRed™ Coffee Fruit, an antioxidant rich high ORAC super food. I thought to myself, “Coffee Fruit?”, I never thought about coffee as something good for me. Well, I found this company that put the Konared Coffee Fruit in to a Liquid Multi Vitamin with an ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) score or 8,688 per 2 ounces, the highest in the industry for a multi vitamin. This is exactly what I was looking for, an easy to drink liquid multi vitamin, no more pills or tablets to swallow and as a cancer patient gone through a bone marrow transplant, this was a blessing at least for me.
Thanks for allowing me to comment and share with you and your readers. I would like to do the same and share this article and blog on Facebook and my readers as well.
Take Care,
Jose