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An interesting coffee fact is that nearly 400 Billion cups of coffee is consumed globally each year. Among the countries that consume more coffee, Finland holds First Rank with 12% which means, on an average, every Finn, consumes 12kg of coffee in a year.
Coffee breaks are quite frequent here, that include special occasions, post-church luncheons and other times during the day and they go along with cold sandwiches, slices of bread, cookies, cakes and many more. The most popular coffee in Finland is light roast and they love it.
Coffee conglomerate Starbucks serves 4 BILLION cups annually and approximately 10,958,904 cups sold daily in all Starbucks locations.
Start Your Day
A strong cup of coffee in the morning reboots your day and a moderate quantity is perfectly healthy. Coffee limited to four 8-ounce cups does not cause any health risks for adults as per the results published in Food and Chemical Toxicology. It is also confirmed that having caffeine as a part of your daily diet is definitely acceptable.
Pregnant women can have coffee up to 300 mg a day and this means they need not stop enjoying coffee.
You may be looking for answers to some of the questions like – does coffee affect any specific areas of my health in the long-term?
Caffeine-related
Does caffeine cause an adverse impact?
Sure, here are some interesting facts.
The research studies are well underway in five specific topics – toxicity, bone health, cardiovascular (blood pressure and heart rate), behavior (headaches, mood and sleep) health, reproduction (fertility, miscarriage and birth defects). Less than 400 mg a day of caffeine is consumed by nearly 90% of Americans and this supports the safety of standard consumption practices in the U.S.
Plain coffee
Plain coffee has antioxidants and reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Fancy coffee concoctions are high in calories and may even contain artificial sweeteners.
Avoid overly dependence
While 400 mg a day of caffeine is safe as stated by experts, listening to your body is much recommended and if your body shows any kind of acute reactions, stop for a while.
If you find that you are becoming overly dependent on coffee, talk to your doctor and consider advice. Look for natural energy boost such as taking a 10-minutes of stair-walking to avoid excessive intake of coffee cups.
Is this a myth that coffee reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes? Coffee contains many chemicals apart from caffeine and as per the research, it has many beneficial effects.
The polyphenols have antioxidant properties that credibly state that a wide range of diseases, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancers.
Antioxidants keep the heart healthy and those suffering from diabetes have a high risk of developing heart disease and stroke.
Adding foods that contain antioxidants reduce the risk.
Coffee also contains minerals, magnesium and chromium and increased magnesium lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes. Very small amount of nutrients are also available in coffee.
Diabetes
As per the study conducted in 2013, people who increased the amount of coffee consumption more than a cup per day found to be safe from being affected with type 2 diabetes.
This practice over a period of 4 years provides at least 11% low risk of developing type 2 diabetes. On the other side, those who reduced having more than 1 cup per day had a 17% higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes.
Reference sources:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/311180#type-2-risk
How Much Caffeine Can You Safely Consume?
There’s so much of information already available on Internet about the intake of coffee. However, you must first understand how your body reacts to every cup of coffee and must consider making decisions for improving your health.
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