A GOOD HABIT
The French drink on average between two and three cups of coffee per day. Surprisingly, at ranking of the greatest coffee consumers in the world, they are followed by the Scandinavians, with the Finnish. A large number studies show that coffee is good for health. Unlike according to popular belief, drinking it is
therefore not necessarily a bad habit! Provided to limit yourself obviously with triple-cream Cappuccino and its 710 calories.
A HEALTHY PRODUCT
Harvard University leads for years a large-scale study on the effects of coffee on health. These latter
years, the results demonstrated to drink between two and five cups of coffee per day had a positive effect
on a series of disorders and conditions, including arterial hypertension, liver diseases, type 2 diabetes, the
Parkinson’s disease, cancer of the prostate, skin cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
They add that some of these beneficial effects are also present in decaffeinated.
According to the researchers, this proves that caffeine is not the only beneficial coffee agent.
A LONGER LIFE
Women who drink on average two cups of coffee per day are at lower risk of die prematurely by 10
15 times than others. This is in turn what emerges data from Nurses’ health studies, one of the most important databases on diet, lifestyle and the health of which the first to fly, opened in 1976, focused on 238,000 American nurses who recorded daily details of their habits, food and hygiene of life.
ANTIDEPRESSANT
Compared to women who don’t drink coffee, those who drink at least four cups a day have a 20% lower risk
of suffering from depression. This is according to a study conducted on 50,000 women aged 40 and over. This effect was not observed in women who drink tea, cola, chocolate, or other caffeinated beverages.
Researchers therefore believe that coffee promotes the production of certain neurotransmitters, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, and that it therefore acts as an antidepressant.
LESS STRESS
Coffee is often thought to increase stress. However, some studies demonstrate, on the contrary, its beneficial effects on anxiety. This is particularly true in mice, according to the results of a large study
conducted on the subject. Mice were placed in an anxiety-inducing environment, which had a significant negative effect on their memory and behavior. The researchers then gave them caffeinated water.
The animals’ behavior quickly became less agitated, and a positive effect was also observed on their learning ability. The production of neurotransmitters released in an anxiety-inducing context would therefore be slowed down by caffeine.
INSOMNIA
Drinking coffee in the late afternoon or evening generally leads to less deep and less restorative sleep. This effect, attributed to caffeine for many years, was only truly measured by science in 2013. At the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, subjects were asked to swallow caffeine-based tablets at different times of the day. Another group was given the same tablets, but without the active ingredient. The researchers asked them not to change their sleep habits and to share their experience. Simultaneously, a monitoring system tracked the duration and quality of their sleep. The result? Caffeine consumed up to six hours before bedtime reduced sleep duration by one hour. It’s worth noting that the subjects weren’t even aware they were sleeping less well because of their caffeine consumption.