Drinking Coffee Has Health Benefits
Proven research has brought coffee to the front lines because of the fact it can reduce the risks of diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. These health benefits are still being examined, so it is too soon for researchers to give certainty to their findings. However, it helps to review the health benefits of coffee on a definitive and unsubstantiated basis in order to have a clearer picture.
One thing every coffee drinker knows is that it has the ability to boost the mood. While this may seem inconsequential, the vast majority of those that drink coffee do so because of the caffeine content, increased stamina, and the ability to focus. The causes for fatigue can be directly related to stress, so many people turn to coffee as a way to reduce the fatigue, which is in essence, stress. While many see this as nonessential that so many reach for a coffee to lower stress, researchers know that 80 percent of sicknesses are normally brought on due to some kind of stress.
Of course, many people over the years have used coffee as a natural pain reliever, such as those that have a hangover. Of course, the hangover itself is due to the body being dehydrated from the amount of alcohol consumed the night before. Therefore, in essence, coffee is probably not the best beverage to drink to reduce a hangover, but theories exist that the person with the hangover has a placebo effect thinking the cups of coffee he or she is consuming is actually making them well by increasing their alertness. However, it is known through research that caffeine does in fact reduce migraine headaches and other types of headaches not related to hangovers. This is one of the health benefits of caffeine, which is the main ingredient in coffee.
Many athletes drink coffee because it boosts their overall performance, but this is, in fact, because of the caffeine in the beverage. There has been times in the past when caffeine itself was considered a controlled substance for athletes because of its stimulating properties on the brain and nervous system. Therefore, heading to Starbucks before you run to catch your bus is going to make you more likely to actually catch the bus due to the caffeine’s effect on the body.
A team of Harvard Researchers found that males that consumed six cups or more each day of coffee, are less likely to develop the late onset of diabetes by 54 percent. Of course, these findings are not irrefutable, but a group of 125,000 individuals were documented for 18 years, so this is more reputable research than you might find at coffee group hosted by Starbucks.
