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Coffee drinkers often are concern that their delicious java is too much of a good thing that it must be bad for you. After all it tastes great and really peps you up .Well,it certainly is surprising when something that was once considered questionable for your health turns out to have health benefits.Sure,caffeine is bad but when taken “in moderation”,there is a lot of good news that coffee brings…

• Diabetes.Heavy coffee drinkers may be half as likely to get diabetes as light drinkers or nondrinkers. Coffee may contain chemicals that lower blood sugar. A coffee habit may also increase your resting metabolism rate, which could help keep diabetes at bay. The coffee anti-oxidants that are believed to be responsible are chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid. Coffee is also thought to help promote the delivery of insulin to the tissues. When this happens efficiently the insulin resistance is less likely, which is a major risk factor for diabetes.
• Gallstones.Certain compounds in coffee appear to help prevent bile from crystallizing which causes gallstones.
• Parkinson’s Disease.Caffeine may cut the risk of Parkinson’s disease by increasing the supplies of the brain chemical dopamine in men.However,research says,coffee seems to protect men, but not women, against Parkinson’s disease. One possible explanation for the sex difference may be that estrogen and caffeine need the same enzymes to be metabolized, and estrogen captures those enzymes.
• Cancer. Coffee might have anti-cancer properties. Last year, researchers found that coffee drinkers were 50% less likely to get liver cancer than nondrinkers. A few studies have found ties to lower rates of colon, breast, and rectal cancers.
• Blood pressure. Results from long-term studies are showing that coffee may not increase the risk for high blood pressure over time, as previously thought. Study findings for other cardiovascular effects are a mixed bag.

As a java-lover,you can take a cup of comfort by knowing that moderate coffee drinking does seem to have more benefits than drawbacks.

Peachy Adarne wrote this on July 22nd, 2008 and filed it under Healthy Living |