Contradiction Between Coffee Consumption and Risk of Health Benefits

Wednesday, December 9, 2009


Who does not know coffee? Popular beverage throughout the world are already familiar consumed all levels of society. People already know and enjoy various coffee offerings ranging from regular instant coffee, instant coffee or coffee to enjoy with a mixture of various types of other materials such as krimer, milk, chocolate, ginseng, and many more. Even coffee has become an urban society lifestyle enjoyed by the many cafes and world-renowned coffee places everywhere socialize. Appears also the term "coffee break" that indicates a break for coffee consumed.

Coffee contains many substances that are psychotropic when responded to by our body's defense mechanisms. One of them, coffee contains caffeine that can stimulate the production of two hormones stimulating the cortisone and adrenaline. As a result of coffee in a short time can affect the sleep, increase mental awareness, mind, focus, and response. That's why regular consumption of coffee in the morning, helped wake up at night, and when the condition of fatigue after a day of activity. As a result more and more coffee making human awake hours longer than the hours of sleep and work longer hours than the rest.

The benefits of coffee is making "medicine" the most popular stimulant in the world. Even the international sports agency that is legal for coffee consumed as energy enhancer for athletes before the competition. Therefore do not be surprised if some black athlete to drink coffee or coffee without sugar before the fight. But the content of substances in coffee also affect health, especially when the dose is excessive. The results of research on the effects of coffee on health by experts around the world still says it is contradictory. People who want a little escape from the effects of caffeine can choose non-caffeine coffee or even coffee decaffeinate distinctive taste of coffee will be reduced.


Health Benefits
Improve mood, mental alertness, and cognitive abilities
The best benefit from the consumption of coffee or caffeine is its ability improve mood, physical and mental performance. According to Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, those who consumed at least 200 mg caffeine, equivalent to 480 ml of coffee showed a good mood reactions, happy, energetic, sharp attention, friendly and easygoing. Verbal memory and speed of response also increased for those who consume coffee on a regular basis. Coffee drinkers aged showed the greatest increase in cognitive abilities.

Many Americans who have sleep disorders depend on coffee to help their daily activities and help drive capability. Coffee consumption makes them more alert, focused, react better, sharpen memory and helping carry out the work or activities complex.

Increase endurance and physical performance
For those who are active, the consumption of caffeine can improve endurance in aerobic activities (low intensity in the long term, and requires endurance such as walking, running, swimming, and cycling). While the consumption of caffeine can improve performance for those who do aerobic activity (low intensity in the short term, and requires power such as lifting weights and weight lifting). This could be caused by the effects of caffeine consumption can reduce pain perception and help the ability to burn fat for fuel instead of carbohydrates.

As analgesics
Caffeine in coffee can increase the effectiveness of pain relief medication (pain killers), especially migraine and headache. For this reason some drugs also contain caffeine headache in the formula.

As antioxidants
Coffee contains an anticancer substance called methylpyridinium, which means to function as an antioxidant. This methylpyridinium Gynecology contained in both caffeinated coffee or not and even in instant coffee.

Reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease and Dementia
Several studies menunukkan those who consume 2 cups of coffee a day had decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease than simply consuming less than 1 cup a day. In connection with these results, drinking 3-5 cups of coffee a day also reduced the risk of dementia disease.

Decrease the risk of kidney stones and bladder
Two studies of the consuming caffeinated coffee by the Harvard School of Public Health shows the correlation decreased kidney stone disease and bladder in men and women.

Reducing the risk of Parkinson's disease
Several recent studies about the benefits of coffee consumption against the disease even more popularized coffee. For example the review of 13 studies showed that people who consume 3.5 cups of coffee as much caffeinated coffee a day decreased the risk by 30% of Parkinson's disease.

Antidiabetes
Another review found that the audience 4-6 cups of coffee a day (containing caffeine or not) also experienced a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes disease by 28% than that consumed no coffee. These benefits are obtained because the content of antioxidant substances and chlorogenic acid in coffee.

Reducing the risk of cirrhosis of the liver
Although the mechanism and the recommended intake is unclear, but the coffee drinking habits also reduce the risk of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma risk of primary liver cancer that usually occurs in people who already have cirrhosis.

Reducing the risk of cancer of the mouth, and pharynx esofagis
Coffee consumption also showed reduced risk of mouth cancer, esofagis, and pharynx.

Preventing constipation
Caffeinated coffee or caffeine did not act as intestinal peristaltic stimulant and is considered able to prevent constipation. Some alternative medicine experts recommend that even coffee as "cleansing the bowel."

Preventing tartar
Content of tannins in coffee that serves as a polyphenol compound is also able to reduce the cariogenic potential of foods so as to prevent tartar and plaque formation.

Reducing the risk of gout
In a large study for 12 years over 45 thousand men aged over 40 years, the risk of gout disease decreases as the amount of coffee consumed.

Caffeine Myths
For several years, the public trust to some myths about coffee. Therefore, in March 2008, the Center for Science in the Public Interest published a comprehensive scientific research results about coffee in the Nutrition Action Healthletter. Discovery and the results of these studies include states:

Hydration
The myth states if the drinks contain caffeine will cause a diuretic, or urinary retention. But research has shown people who consume up to 550 mg of caffeine did not experience urinary retention more than when consuming caffeine-free drinks. However, urinary retention occurred when caffeine consumption reaches above 575 mg. So as an example, a grande Starbucks cup containing 330 mg of caffeine will not necessarily make you faster experience urinary retention than drinking half a liter of ordinary water.

Heart Disease
The heart disease patients, especially those that also have high blood pressure, are often advised to avoid caffeine consumption because of its nature as a stimulant. But an analysis of 10 studies of 400 thousand people drinking coffee (caffeinated or not) every day does not indicate an increased risk of heart disease.

According to the cardiologist from the University of California, San Francisco, little evidence that shows coffee consumption and / or regular doses of caffeine can increase the risk of heart attacks, deaths from heart attack or abnormal heart rhythms. Even the study of 27 thousand women who consumed 1-3 cups of coffee / day for 15 years in the Iowa Women's Health Study, has decreased the risk of cardiovascular disease by 24%, although this benefit decreases if increased coffee consumption.

Hypertension
Caffeine is often considered to increase blood pressure. But in a study of 155 of thousands of ordinary women who consume caffeinated coffee or not for 10 years does not show the development of hypertension than those who are not coffee drinkers. Instead, the increased risk of hypertension was found in cola drinkers. Even research from John Hopkins Hospital, the best hospitals in the U.S., against a thousand men for 33 years stated that the habit of drinking coffee only a very small effect on the risk of hypertension.

Cancer
In 1981, the panic had hit the coffee lovers when a Harvard study declared the consumption of coffee may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer. Investigate have turned out not coffee investigate the cause, but the habit of smoking.

In a review of 66 studies in 2007, scientists declared that a very small effect of coffee consumption on the risk of developing pancreatic or kidney cancer. And a study of 59 thousand women in Sweden who used to consume coffee or tea does not show a relationship with breast cancer.

You should note, however, that coffee contains no less than 1,000 substances that more than half are carcinogenic substances.

Porous bone
Although some observations menyatakana the link between caffeine consumption and bone thinning and fractures, but few studies of human physiology is only found little reduction in calcium absorption and no effect of calcium removal. The fact is the transition into the habit of milk consumption of coffee or tea consumption. According to Drs. Robert Heaney of Creighton University, 1-2 tablespoons small consumption of milk could offset the negative effects of caffeine on calcium. So he argued, provided the intake of food / drinks contain sufficient calcium there is no problem to continue to enjoy coffee or tea.


For Negative Health Effects

Cause insomnia and anxiety
Unless it wants to wake up, if you do not want to experience sleep disturbance, you should not consume coffee. Consumption of coffee in excessive amounts will also cause nervousness, irritability, palpitations, and even depression.

Digestive problems
Stimulant properties of coffee as a peristaltic bowel causing abdominal pain conditions, especially for those who are sensitive. Patients with gastric inflammation (gastritis) and large bowel inflammation (colitis) is also not advisable to consume coffee.

Make a stain on the teeth
Also bad news for coffee lovers as well as tea, coffee can also leave stains on your teeth.

Not recommended for pregnant women
Excessive consumption of coffee up to 8 cups a day is not recommended in pregnant women because it increases the risk of fetal death. Appear also increased post menopausal syndrome symptoms in women consuming coffee.

Reduce iron
Coffee consumption may affect lead to iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women and their fetuses. Coffee is also associated with reduced absorption of iron.

So whatever your coffee choice, whether it's black coffee, black coffee, milk coffee, cappuccino, mocha coffee, espresso, latte or Frappuccino, just enjoy it "stimulants" is the most popular activities to accompany your daily. Certainly not in an excessive amount to keep you healthy.

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