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Does Coffee Have Any Antioxidant Benefits?
by: Aaron Matthews Morgan
Before we get all excited over the recent news about coffee being our new antioxidant, we
need to take a look at the entire picture. Is there truly a coffee antioxidant? If there is, how
exactly is coffee an antioxidant? Does it become the antioxidant when it's heated? Does
the coffee antioxidant benefit everyone? Are there still dangers to drinking coffee? How
much coffee is good for us and when does it become bad for us?
Brewed coffee contains many antioxidants and consumption of antioxidant-rich brewed
coffee may inhibit diseases caused by oxidative damages. Antioxidants are said to be an
inhibitor of certain types of diseases. However, coffee beans are not all a like. Not all
coffee beans are of the same quality or even the same make up. Sort of like comparing
tennis shoes to sandals. Both go on your feet, but they are not made up of the same
components. You can actually break coffee down into several different water-soluble
components. The dietary fiber derived from roasted coffee silverskin. This is one
component of the coffee bean that has high antioxidant content. This is how the scientists
find out about the antioxidant benfits of coffee in their studies. What they do in fact is the
break down the coffee beans into different components. They filter out the components
that the coffee antioxidant is found in, and then they test lab rats in a variety of
experiments to determine how well they survive with or without the various additives in
their diet. When they discover something really swell, like a coffee antioxidant, our culture
of coffee drinking addicts suddenly becomes a feverorish mob.
For years and years we've heard bad things about coffee. For example: it's bad for your
heart, increases blood pressure, may cause breast cancer, probably keeps you awake at
night, and my personal favorite, has a poisonous gas when brewed.When the world of
coffee addicts even gets a tiny hint that coffee could have something beneficial, believe
me they don't just drink more coffee, they try to get everyone to join them. So, here we
now have scientific studies proving to us that coffee has antioxidants.
Researchers have identified several compounds in coffee that create a coffee
antioxidant. Why would this be of interest to us? Because scientific studies are showing
that antioxidants may help prevent cancer. You see the connection here. However, until
human studies are done, science cannot state exactly how much coffee must be
consumed in order gain this protection against colon cancer or any other type of cancer.
Before the coffee is roasted the antioxidant benefits are varied. However, once the coffee
is roasted and served as a drink things get evened out. They all seem to have the same
degrees of antioxidants.
Some studies suggest coffee having other benefits such as added fertility in men and
some benefits for those suffering from diabetes. You'll have to read those studies on your
own. The fact that a coffee antioxidant exists may be true, but the reality is that coffee can
be just as harmful if your body doesn't like it, if you consume too much, if you have high
blood pressure, and if it keeps you awake at night. Is there truly a coffee antioxidant?
Yes, but the actual amount needed to be consumed in order to receive the anti-cancer
benefits by humans is unknown. How exactly is coffee an antioxidant?
Coffee alone isn't the antioxidant, it's several different components that are part of the
coffee bean. Roasting and heating the coffee changes the total antioxidant output. Does
it become the antioxidant when it's heated? It seems that although some coffee beans like
green coffee beans may be higher in antioxidants that other more common beans, once
they are roasted and heated for consumption, the results are the same regarding the
antioxidantal benefits. Does the coffee antioxidant benefit everyone? Honestly, this is
NOT a question easily answered. In fact, the truth is it is still unknown just how beneficial
coffee antioxidants are for humans. Are there still dangers to drinking coffee? Yes, of
course there is. If you have high blood pressure and you have seen how coffee enhances
this problem, you know it's bad for YOU personally. If you can't get proper sleep or you
drive everyone around you nuts because you can't sit still or shut-up, you know coffee is
bad for you.
Use common sense and listen to your body. Coffee is not good for everyone and
unknown just how good for anyone. How much coffee is good for us and when does it
become bad for us? Again drink coffee in moderation, pay attention to your own body.
Exercise and good eating habits are a far better way to get healthy than drinking 10 cups
of cappuccino a day. All things in moderation. After reading everything about this new
thing called a coffee antioxidant I have decided that there are better ways of getting
antioxidants into my blood.
Coffee may have many benefits, but so does water and it is possible to drown from
drinking too much water. Yes, I know, you have to really drink a lot to accomplish this, but
it's the principle of the matter. Too much of anything is not a good thing.
About The Author
Aaron Matthews-Morgan is the owner of Heavenly Kona Coffee, an e-business that
specializes in 100% Gourmet Kona Coffee from Hawaii. HeavenlyKonaCoffee.com is also
a premier website for free information and resources, providing quality info and articles
on everything related to coffee. Go to: http://www.heavenlykonacoffee.com
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