Caffeine, is there anything it is not good for?

[barbarossa]

This study, not the first of its kind, is probably funded by the coffee industry.


3 New Reasons to Drink Coffee

By the Editors of Eating Well Magazine

Go ahead, brew and pour. Previous studies have shown coffee can lower your risk of diabetes, liver cancer, Alzheimer's and skin cancer.And as contributor Emily Rogan wrote about In the new issue of Eating Well Magazine, here are 3 new reasons to drink your coffee and feel good about it.

1. Boost Your Blood Flow

A new study presented at an American Heart Association meeting found that young adults who drank a cup of caffeinated coffee boosted their blood flow compared to when they drank decaf. Researchers looked at blood flow in the finger, which indicates how well the body's smallest blood vessels particularly, the inner linings of these blood vessels work. Studies have linked poor function of this lining to an increased risk of heart attack, heart disease and stroke. The researchers suspect that caffeine opens up blood vessels and has anti-inflammatory properties.

2. Improve Your Outlook

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health reviewed data from three large studies of nearly 200,000 adults and found that the risk of suicide for adults who drank two to four cups of caffeinated coffee per day was half that of those who drank decaf or little or no coffee. The researchers believe that caffeine boosts neurotransmitters in the brain, such as serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline acting as a mild antidepressant.

3. Cut Your Risk of Oral Cancer

People who drank at least one cup of caffeinated coffee a day cut their risk of developing throat or mouth cancer compared to those who drank none. The risk was 20 percent lower among those who drank one to two cups daily and 50 percent less if they drank more than four cups, states a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The authors say more research needs to be done to understand why.

[Basra-]

Caffeine is only in existent for less than 500 years. Before the discovery, it was not known in the human need or conscious. Caffeine is a stimulant for the brain, just like sugar is. U can consume it but it will NOT do the things u listed above. That's pure pathetic speculation. Caffeine is more like a habitual ritual. A community thing for the humans to do. As we know, humans like to do what other humans do. Coffee brings people together. Also it sets u a routine every morning, creates familiarity and all. That is all the benefit u r getting from it. Thank God I don't consume it. My teeth are whit-ier!

[gurey25]

My intake of tongkat ali and ginseng is increasing.
maybe they will be the new caffiene?

[Lamagoodle]

I am addicted to coffee. I drink around 1.5 litres a day. I recently found out that if I don't drink coffee for an hour, I get all the symptoms of abstinence; shivering and my hands shaking just like a drug addict.

When I was in Africa recently, I had to munch on bun to keep the coffee demons at bay.

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

Kopi luwak

[anzeloti]

I am addicted to coffee. I drink around 1.5 litres a day. I recently found out that if I don't drink coffee for an hour, I get all the symptoms of abstinence; shivering and my hands shaking just like a drug addict.

When I was in Africa recently, I had to munch on bun to keep the coffee demons at bay.

[zulaika]

Not if your pregnant, or trying to conceive...u should limit intake if such case.

[FAH1223]

I am addicted to coffee. I drink around 1.5 litres a day. I recently found out that if I don't drink coffee for an hour, I get all the symptoms of abstinence; shivering and my hands shaking just like a drug addict.

When I was in Africa recently, I had to munch on bun to keep the coffee demons at bay.

[Lamagoodle]

Anzaleto iyo Fah,

It is cafe Americano.