Admit it, you like coffee. It’s okay, a lot of people like it, some would even go so far as to say they love it, while others can no longer function without it. If you belong in the first group then you’re fine, and if you belong on the second group, then good for you! But if you belong on the last group, then you might want to ease up on the stuff, especially if you have been drinking more than six cups a day or once every hour.
Its history is a bit obscure as there are many stories attributed to the discovery of coffee. However, the earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the fifteenth century, in the Sufi monasteries around Mokha in Yemen. It was here in Arabia that coffee beans were first roasted and brewed, in a similar way to how it is now prepared. By the 16th century, it had reached the Middle East, Persia, Turkey and Northern Africa. After that, time saw the enjoyment of coffee to spread to Europe and the rest of the world until it has become one of the most popular beverages of modern times.
Coffee has been proven by science to have some amazing health benefits just like goji berries , but only if taken in moderation. Like all good things, having too much of the tasty, energizing elixir can and will hurt you. There are those who become super sensitive, others become clammy and nervous while some become testy and out of sorts. It has also been classified to result in mild addiction. These are only some of the side effects of too much caffeine and can be easily avoided through controlling the amount we consume. But aside from these minor inconveniences, if taken in sparingly, coffee can have remarkably beneficial health boosting properties.
Cancer
It may be almost unimaginable to see this everyday material to help prevent cancer in any way, but a recent study has begun to show that this is indeed the case. Though results remain inconclusive, there appear to be ties between coffee consumption and the lowering of rates of getting colon, breast and rectal cancer.
Diabetes
Certain properties in coffee ingredients may help in lowering blood sugar levels in the body, which causes diabetes, and a coffee habit may also increase your resting metabolism rate which could help keep diabetes at bay.
Gallstones
There is evidence that coffee drinkers are less likely to suffer symptomatic gallstone disease, possibly because coffee alters the cholesterol content of the bile produced by the liver.
Parkinson’s disease
Though the results favor men over that of women, coffee appears to offer some measure of protection against the development of Parkinson’s disease. One possible explanation for the discrimination in sex may be that estrogen and caffeine need the same enzymes to be metabolized, and estrogen captures those enzymes thus leaving out caffeine.
Longevity
By now everyone already knows that coffee has an abundance of antioxidants that boost the immune system to fight off diseases and promotes the development of healthy skin cells thus allowing you to look younger. This only reinforces the point that a moderate consumption of coffee allows for a healthier longer life.
Coffee today comes in many forms and is enjoyed in different ways by different people. The traditional method of grinding the coffee beans and boiling them still prevails and is subscribed by many people. Then there is also the instant variety where one only needs to add hot water and sugar or cream if desired. In many coffee shops they have also begun to serve coffee in blended, chilled, mixed and matched, hot or cold forms.
