What is Coffee?
Coffee is the most drank beverage in the world second to water and also the most traded commodity just next to petroleum. Coffee is considered a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from Coffea species. From the coffee cherry, the seeds are separated to produce a stable, raw product i.e. unroasted green coffee. The seeds are then roasted, a process which transforms them into a consumable product i.e. roasted coffee, which is ground into fine particles that are typically steeped in hot water before being filtered out, producing a cup of coffee.
Drinking Bad Coffee – Can be Toxic
When we are drinking a cup of coffee as a habit because coffee becomes a part and partial of our lives, we just feel the taste infused by the coffee we used to make it. Do you really worry about the coffee beans or powder you used to prepare your cup of coffee?
Some may worry about it but some don’t. However, chemical reactions in our bodies vary with the quality of coffee we consumed. Hence, it was proven that bad coffee can cause sickness, headache, or a general bad feeling. If the coffees were made out of over ripen or ruined coffee beans, then even one bean is enough to make your coffee cup toxic. Don’t worry – you buy a high-quality specialty coffee, then you don’t feel this.
Coffee is a darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic taste and has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. Coffee can be served primarily in 02 ways i.e. as a hot beverage or cold beverage. Hot coffee can be prepared and presented in numerous ways even though there are commonly accepted ways available around the globe such as Espresso, French Press, Caffe Latte, etc. Sugar, sugar substitutes, milk, or cream are often used to lessen the bitter taste or enhance the flavor. It may be served with coffee cake or another sweet dessert, like doughnuts. A commercial establishment that sells prepared coffee beverages is known as a coffee shop.
Clinical research indicates that moderate coffee consumption is benign or mildly beneficial as a stimulant in healthy adults, with continuing research on whether long-term consumption reduces the risk of some diseases, although some of the long-term studies are questionable. However, let’s see what are the benefits of coffee drinking that are considered commonly accepted norms.
12 Advantages of Coffee Drinking
- Enhance physical performance – a cup of coffee increase your physical activities by 11%-12%
- Help to lose weight – magnesium and potassium content of coffee helps the human body insulin, regulating blood sugar levels and reducing your craving for sugary treats and snacks.
- Helps to burn fat – Caffeine contains in coffee helps fat cells break down body fat and use it as fuel for training
- Help to stay focused – 1-6 cups a day, helps you focus and improves your mental alertness
- Lowers the risk of death – Studies have shown that coffee drinker’s overall risk of premature death is 25% lower than that of those who don’t drink coffee
- Reduces the risk of cancer – coffee may decrease the risk of developing prostate cancer in men by 20 %, and endometrial cancer in women by 25 %.
- Reduce the risk of stroke – 02-04 cups of coffee per day reduce the risk of stroke
- Reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease – Studies have shown that regular coffee drinking decreases the risk of Parkinson’s disease by 25 %.
- Protects your body – Coffee contains a lot of antioxidants, that work as little warriors fighting and protecting against free radicals within your body –
- Lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes – Caffeine decreases your insulin sensitivity and impairs glucose tolerance, therefore reducing your risk of type 2 diabetes
- Protects your brain – High caffeine levels in your blood reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. It also lowers the risk of dementia.
- Brightens your mood and reduces the risk of subsides – Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system and boosts the production of neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and nor adrenaline, which elevate your mood. Two cups of coffee a day prevents the risk of suicide by 50 %.
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