Health Benefits Drinking Coffee

Black coffee provides a rich source of caffeine when you need it the most. CNN Health reports that over half of American adults drink coffee every day and coffee drinkers generally consume approximately three cups of their favorite java per day. That amount of caffeine may be the greatest concern of coffee's effects on your body, although coffee's effects aren't all problematic. Caffeine, the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world, is the best known ingredient of coffee. Its beneficial effects on the human body has been researched quite well, but coffee as a whole is a complex beverage with a thousand different substances. Some studies argue that decaf and caffeinated coffee may have the same health effects and suggest that it’s not the caffeine that is responsible for most of coffee's health benefits.

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Coffee boosts your physical performance

Have a cup of black coffee about an hour before workout and your performance can improve by 11-12%. Caffeine increases adrenaline levels in your blood. Adrenaline is your body’s “fight or flight” hormone which helps you to prepare for physical exertion.
Coffee may help you lose weight

Coffee contains magnesium and potassium, which helps the human body use insulin, regulating blood sugar levels and reducing your craving for sugary treats and snacks.
Coffee helps you burn fat

Caffeine helps fat cells break down body fat and use it as fuel for training.
Coffee helps you focus and stay alert

Moderate caffeine intake, 1-6 cups a day, helps you focus and improves your mental alertness.
Coffee lowers risk of death

Studies have shown that coffee drinker’s overall risk of premature death is 25% lower than of those who don’t drink coffee.
Coffee reduces risk of cancers

One study has shown that coffee may decrease the risk of developing prostate cancer in men by 20 %, and endometrial cancer in women by 25 %. People in the test group drank four cups of coffee a day. Caffeine may also prevent developing of basal cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer
Coffee protects your brain.

High caffeine levels in your blood reduce the risk of Alzheimer disease. It also lowers risk of dementia.

Bad effects of drinking coffee

Bad quality coffee can have a lot of impurities in it, which can cause sickness, headache or a general bad feeling. This can happen if your coffee is made from beans that have been over ripped or otherwise ruined. Even one ruined bean can make your cup toxic. If you invest and buy high quality, speciality coffee you don’t have to worry about this.
Coffee can kill you.

Yes, if you drink 80-100 cups (23 litres) in a short session. This dose is lethal and will amount in 10-13 grams of caffeine within your body. Before you reach this point, however, you'll be vomiting most of it out since 23 litres of any liquid is a lot. Even drinking 23 litres of water can kill you.
Coffee can cause insomnia and restlessness.

Again, it's the caffeine working here. Your recommended maximum amount of caffeine is 400 milligrams, roughly the amount that you’ll get from 4 cups of coffee. If you’re caffeine-sensitive, be careful with coffee. You are probably already aware what amount and what kind of coffee suits, or doesn't suit you. The amount of caffeine that is safe for human consumption is actually written in our DNA.
Don’t drink more than one cup a day if you’re pregnant.

Studies on coffee's effect on a fetus have been controversial, but one thing is sure: if you drink coffee when pregnant, caffeine will also reach the fetus, and your baby is highly sensitive to caffeine. So, if you’re a heavyweight coffee drinker and can’t stop drinking it while pregnant, at least reduce your coffee intake to one cup a day.
Coffee for kids,

may increase bedwetting. One survey reported that caffeine consumption of 5-7 year old kids may increase enuresis a.k.a. bedwetting.
If you have high cholesterol please choose filtered coffee.

Coffee beans contain cafestol and kahweol, two ingredients that appear to raise LDL cholesterol levels. Filtering the coffee traps most of the LDL, but cafestol and kahweol are found in espresso, turkish coffee, french press and scandinavian style “cooked coffee”.