Coffee and Mental Alertness
According to researchers from the Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Rush University Medical Center at the Rush's Sleep Disorders Center, frequent small amounts of caffeine help keep you awake and mentally alert better than more caffeine consumed less often.
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Coffee and Physical Fitness
Can Coffee Help Your Exercise Routine? Yes, it does seem that the caffeine can enhance exercise and sports performance, and this area of research has produced convincing results.
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Diabetes
A recent US study shows that people who drink several cups of coffee a day can greatly lower their risk of developing diabetes later in life, even if they are overweight.
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GI Health
Research presented at Digestive Disease Week showed that coffee and other caffeinated beverages may provide some protection from liver damage in people at risk for liver disease
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Parkinson's Disease
Recent studies from the Mayo Clinic, Harvard School of Public Health, U.S. Veterans Administration and other medical centers prove that drinking from 2 to 4 cups of coffee a day may lower the risk of colon cancer (25%), gallstones (45%), cirrhosis of the liver (80%), and Parkinson's disease (50% - 80%), among other diseases. It can even reduce the incidence of asthma (25%) because of the presence of the chemical theophylline in coffee.
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Alzheimer's Disease
A recent study at a Dementia Clinic in Lisbon, Portugal concluded that Caffeine intake was associated with a significantly lower risk for Alzheimer's disease.
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Antioxidant Content
Did you know coffee has more antioxidants than tea? The roasting of coffee beans dramatically increases their overall antioxidant activity.
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