Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Coffee - pros and cons


Just like every other pleasant habit drinking coffee has its own pros and cons. There have been thousands of studies dedicated to the effects of coffee on human. Coffee has turned into a huge industry keeping at work about 25 million people and human population consuming 400 billion cups per year which makes it second most sold item after fuel. 

The positive sides of drinking coffee are as follows:
  •  Caffeine does increase your mental and physical wakefulness and keep high speed of metabolism after physical training which keeps lower fat level.
  •  acts like an antidepressant and due to high levels of antioxidants proofs lower tolerance to Parkinson.
  • coffee is a highly diuretic liquid which helps in many sides like decreasing kidney stones, decreasing chance of  bladder cancer and others.
  •  coffee provokes the release of Histamine which makes it an anti-allergic drink.
  •  contains magnesium and other minerals that help preventing diabetes.



Negative sides of drinking coffee are as follows:
  •  if taken too much is exhausts your ability to produce adrenalin
  • interacts with adenosine, which is a chemical in the brain that keeps you calm
  • raises the blood pressure which could be dangerous for hyper active people. 
  • coffee can decrease the quality of your sleep
  • helps for caries

Here is when you must not drink coffee:
  • If you are pregnant or nursing
  • If you have insomnia 
  • Not good combination with high blood pressure, heart disease, tendency of blood clots and stroke, high cholesterol 

 




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