Coffee
and Health: The Health Benefits of Drinking Coffee
Senior Health
- Wired Granny - The Caffeine Fix
 Velma
had a passion for coffee. Flavored coffees, exotic
coffees, imported coffees, convenience store cappuccinos,
lattes - coffee desserts - if it contained coffee, odds
were - Velma loved it.
The caffeine
in coffee tended to make Velma feel a bit wired. Although
it worked well in shaking her to life in the mornings,
when she enjoyed it during the day she really didn't
like that wired feeling. And she had some concerns
about drinking so much coffee.
Are Velma's
coffee-drinking concerns valid? It's a mixed bag
- not all bad, and not all good as is the case with
most things when not undertaken with moderations.
How Safe
is Coffee Consumption - Drinking Several Cups Per Day?
Caffeine
is a stimulant thus contributing to that 'wired' feeling
when we drink a bit too much of a good thing. Good
thing, you say? What about high blood pressure and the
caffeine relation?
 Coffee
studies indicate that the caffeine in coffee may actually
reduce blood pressure levels in women based on consumption
of up to
six cups.
But too
much coffee may also leave us dehydrated and some health
pursuers believe that coffee contributes to the aging
process.
Studies
also indicate that drinking two to four cups of coffee
per day may reduce some health risks.
Coffee
may reduce the risk of cirrhosis of the liver by 80%.
Coffee
may enhance learning and reasoning abilities.
Coffee
may reduce the risk of colon cancer by 25%. Coffee's
cancer fighting anti-oxidants are more powerful than
some varieties of green tea - about four times more
powerful.
Coffee
may reduce the risk of gallstones by 45%.
Coffee
may reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease by as much
as 80%.
Coffee
may help deter Type II Diabetes.
Coffee
may help fight depression.
Combined
with the heart-healthy benefits of dark chocolate, the
anti-oxidants in coffee may prove to be Velma's best
defense against certain diseases. So have a dark
Hershey's chocolate kiss with that coffee, Velma!
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