The steaming cup that wakes you up also can keep you healthy.
Research shows that coffee protects against a variety of ailments, from cavities to colon cancer. Some studies suggest that the more you drink the better! Coffee lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes and can protect your liver from damage. Caffeine gets credit for some of coffee's magic powers, including protection from Parkinson's disease and gallstones. But coffee's main benefit comes from its wealth of antioxidants.
In fact, the coffee bean (which is really a berry) has one of the highest antioxidant contents of all berries according to the Vanderbilt University Institute for Coffee Studies. That is why coffee has more antioxidants than red wine (drop for drop).
So get out your milk foamers and enjoy!
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This IS good news!
There has been a lot of work done in the last few years to try to determine if antioxidents are really that good for you. Wikipedia summs it up nicely.
"Studies have suggested antioxidant supplements have benefits for health, but several large clinical trials did not demonstrate a definite benefit for the formulations tested, and excess supplementation may even be harmful."
Um, excuse me, but who gave you permission to rain on our parade? LOL.
Well written article.
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