October 19, 2008

Does coffee has the benefit or risk to our health?

Have you ever wonder whether coffee has the benefit or risk to our health?
Many people love to drink coffee and are addicted to it. Someone feel that coffee make them feel fresh in the morning with its caffeine, aroma and taste and can make you alert in the afternoon. It can be said that coffee bring a lot of pleasure into our life. Even though some research say about the bad effect to our health. Not only its bad effects but also its benefits have been heard. Then I will lead you through some research regard to this issue. Let’s see coffee’s negative health effects from some research first.


A temporary increase in the stiffening of arterial walls from drinking caffeinated coffee as some research refer that its caffeine content are mostly the cause of Coffee's negative health effects.
Excess coffee consumption may lead to a magnesium deficiency or hypomagnesaemia and may be a risk factor for coronary heart disease.


A mixed effect on short-term memory by improving it when the information to be recalled is related to the current train of thought, but making it more difficult to recall unrelated information.

Moreover almost thirty years ago researchers at Harvard University announced a connection between coffee consumption and cancer. In contradictory, a few years later they retracted the study and recognized that the findings were flawed.
Looking more on the protective effects provided by coffee from some research as the following conditions:

  • Asthma – Drinking coffee can help to control asthma, and in some cases can even be used to treat an asthma attack when conventional medication is not available.
  • Colon cancer – 2 or more cups of coffee per day can reduce the risk of colon cancer by 25%.
  • Gallstones – The likelihood of developing gallstones is decreased nearly 50% by drinking at least 2 cups of coffee per day.
  • Headache – Coffee cures or diminishes some types of headaches.
  • Liver cirrhosis – The risk for this condition is reduced by 80% with the ingestion of 2 or more cups of coffee each day.
  • Parkinson’s disease – 6 studies have found that regular (caffeinated) coffee drinkers reduce their risk of developing Parkinson’s disease by as much as 80%.
  • Tooth decay – A compound in coffee called Trigonelline has anti-adhesive and antibacterial properties, which helps prevent cavities.
  • Type 2 Diabetes – A Harvard longitudinal study of 126,000 people found that 1 to 3 cups of caffeinated coffee per day can reduce the risk of developing diabetes by less than 10%, while 6 or more cups per day reduces women’s risk by 30% and men’s by 54%. Drinking decaffeinated coffee reduces risk for diabetes by approximately half that achieved with caffeinated coffee.

In this research some of coffee’s health benefits are referred as a result of its caffeine content, whereas others are generated by its antioxidants. The reduced risk for Parkinson’s disease and coffee’s efficacy in treating asthma and headaches are linked to caffeine.


All above references, you will see the pros and cons of coffee. These can give you a bit of information about coffee’s good effects and bad effects to your health.


There should have no good words to say than moderate daily intake is the best to your health as excessive drinking could be not good to your health in either way. These information remind me of some saying that “eating moderately in everything can make you live longer and have a healthy life”. Eating habits should be the one answer to your healthy living.

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