Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Coffee As a Healthy Drink

New perception on coffee drinking...


For so long time, coffee has been taken as a favourite beverage. But it's not usually thought of as health food. A number of recent studies suggest that it can be a highly beneficial drink.


The New York Times report, The Journal of the American Medical Association has concluded that habitual coffee consumption was consistently associated with a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes. Researchers also found a strong evidence that coffee reduces the risk of several serious ailments, including heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver.


Coffee contains antioxidants which help control the cell damage that can contribute to the development of the disease. Beside of that chlorogenic acid, which associated with it has been shown in animal experiments to reduce glucose concentrations. This explained why it's good relation in controlling diabetes.


Researchers found people who drank four to six cups of coffee a day had a 28 percent reduced risk compared with people who drank two or fewer. Those who drank more than six had a 35 percent risk reduction. Another research by Norwegian found that women who drank one to three cups a day reduced their risk ofcardiovascular disease by 24 percent compared with those drinking no coffee at all.


The same finding has been published by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which appeared in May, suggested that antioxidants in coffee may dampeninflammation, reducing the risk of disorders related to cardiovascular disease. Several compound such phenols, volatilearoma compounds and oxazoles that are efficiently absorbed shall contribute to its antioxidant capacity.


In another analysis, published in July in the same journal, researchers found that a typical serving of coffee contains more antioxidants than typical servings of grape juice, blueberries, raspberries andoranges.


Now, it's may the time for us to look over which type or brand of coffee really good for ourselves.




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