Coffee reduce risk of cancer

Coffee is widely consumed worldwide, and is substantial evidence from both laboratory and animal studies suggest its ability to reduce the risk of cancer.

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases. The carcinogenic potential of coffee has been investigated in several long term animal bioassays.

Studies suggest those who enjoy a cup of coffee every day or nearly daily have a lower risk for liver cancer than those who rarely sip a cup.

Feeding high levels of coffee as part of the diet did not produce tumors in either rats or mice (Nehling & Debry 1996).

On the contrary, some studies reported that instant coffee resulted in a decreased incidence of spontaneous tumors (Stadler 1990). The presence of antioxidants in coffee can explain the anticancer property of the beverage, but there are other compounds which might be involved.

According to the scientists, caffeine and caffeic acid, major coffee constituents have been shown to suppress mammary tumor formation in animal models and to inhibit DNA methylation in human breast cancer cells, respectively.

Coffee may also reduce risk through decreasing inflammation and influencing estrogen metabolism.

Research by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina reported that cafestol and kahweol, which are naturally occurring diterpenes in coffee, have proved to have anti-carcinogenic properties.
Coffee reduce risk of cancer

Coffee reduces risk of dementia

Dementia is a group of conditions that gradually destroy brain cells and lead to progressive decline in mental function which is usually progressive and eventually severe.

The epidemiological evidence suggests that coffee consumption reduces the risk of cognitive decline, dementia and AD.

The caffeine in coffee is implicated as the active component associated with risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia among coffee drinkers.

When people with mild cognitive impairment (a condition of loss of memory and other mental functions less severe than outright dementia) drank three to five cups a day, they cut their risk of progressing to dementia.

Scientific studies have shown that caffeine and other substances in coffee have a number of different effects on the brain that would be expected to improve one’s chances of avoiding dementia.

Caffeine grows brain cells in the areas of the brain responsible for long-term memory. Caffeine increase short-term memory, concentration, and the ability to think clearly.

Coffee reduces inflammation and improves the health of the endothelial lining of arteries. Some substances in coffee also have significant antioxidant effects.

These all effects would also tend to help prevent metabolic syndrome, heart disease, diabetes and other conditions that increase the risk of dementia.

Some 1409 participants of the Cardiovascular Risks Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE) were followed for an average of 21 years. By 1998, a total of 61 cases were identified as demented (48 with AD).

Coffee drinkers at midlife has a lower risk of dementia and AD later in life compared with those drinking no or only little coffee.

The lowest risk (65% decrease) was found in people who drank 3-5 cups per day.
Coffee reduces risk of dementia

Coffee can reduce risk mental decline

Most people known that a cup of coffee can increase mental alertness and concentration and counteract the effects of tiredness and fatique.

Regular coffee consumption may reduce the risk of mental decline, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. An important European study from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands, suggest that older men may benefit mentally from regular and moderate coffee consumption and that three cups of coffee a day could slow the loss of mental function in men.

The elderly have a higher level of adenosine a brain chemical that weakens gamma rhythms, which are involved in memory and learning processes.

The caffeine appears to reduce the risk of memory loss and Alzheimer’s by blocking the effects of adenosine.

Coffee is brimming with anti-oxidants. Best results are reached when drink coffee from freshly grounded beans.
Coffee can reduce risk mental decline

Drinking coffee reduce risk memory loss

Most people known that a cup of coffee can increase mental alertness and concentration and counter the effects of tiredness and fatigue.  In actual facts coffee is a psychoactive drug that acts on human mood, behavior, and intellect.

Drinking coffee may help when people feel retired, lacking in energy, and in during depression.
The coffee in coffee appears to reduce the risk of memory loss and Alzheimer’s by blocking the effects of adenosine. Caffeine also increases arousal and speeds communication among nerve cells in the brain.

This increase in alertness, a sense of being sharper, is what leads to better performance to cognitive tests, including test of memory.

In a study published recently, scientists at the University of California found that people over sixty-five drinking coffee at least five times a week, reduced their memory loss up to 20 percent compared with those who did not drink coffee at all.
Drinking coffee reduce risk memory loss

Coffee reduces the risk of heart disease

Men who drank more than five cups of coffee a day reduced their risk of developing heart disease by 44 percent.

Women who drank four to five cups each day lowered their risk by 34 percent.

Coffee contains antioxidants that help prevent heart disease and it raises neither blood pressure nor cholesterol.

Coffee consumption decreased the relative risks of stroke across categories of coffee consumption in the more than 83,000 women of the Nurses’ Health Study.

Coffee reduces inflammation and improves the health of the endothelial lining of arteries.

Some substances in coffee also have significant antioxidant effects.

The antioxidants in coffee are polyphenol which may prevent and reduce the risks of heart disease.
Coffee reduces the risk of heart disease

Coffee consumption reduced the risk of diabetes

According to a study from the University of California at San Diego coffee drinkers are less to develop pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes than those who don’t sip.

Drinking as little as one cup of coffee daily reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 60 percent compared to people who never drink coffee.

Published in the November 2006 issue of Diabetes Care, the study revealed that coffee offered protection at the same, significant levels for those beginning the study with high fasting glucose levels, indicating pre-existing glucose intolerance, as it did for those with normal levels.

In fact, those with elevated glucose levels showed a lower risk of developing diabetes than those starting out with normal glucose tolerance.

In another study by University of Minnesota in 1997, the experts suspected that compounds and mineral in coffee beans may improve the sensitivity of insulin receptors and help the body process bloods sugar more efficiently.

Please note that these studies pertain to preventing diabetes. Unfortunately most people consume their coffee loaded with sugar and cream that are likely to raise blood sugar as well.

Uncovering the first evidence that coffee also reduces diabetes risk among pre-diabetics, the risk level came in even lower, at 0.31, for the subgroup with impaired glucose. That means pre-diabetics reduced their risk of developing the disease by almost 70%.

Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death by disease in the United States. Diabetics are also at higher risk for heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, extremity amputations and other chronic conditions.

For diabetics 
However there’s a caffeine caution: caffeinated beverages can spike blood sugar for thirty minutes after consuming them, so some experts suggest to switching to decaf coffee if you have diabetes, of drinking tea which has considerably less caffeine than coffee.

In research findings published in mid 2004 in Diabetes Care researchers at the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina found that caffeine interferes with the blood sugar control; they found a strong correlation between caffeine intake at mealtime and increased glucose and insulin levels among people with type 2 diabetes.
Coffee consumption reduced the risk of diabetes