From YOU Docs Daily:
As far as we YOU Docs can tell, all of America (not just Dr. Mike!) would grind to a halt without coffee. In fact, the entire world might. Finns are the top coffee drinkers at 4 cups a day -- not per coffee drinker, per person! Norwegians are close behind. Then Swiss, Italians, Brazilians, and Americans in sixth place, averaging about 1.5 cups per person (though about 3.4 cups per coffee drinker).
If you like coffee and, like Dr. Mike, it likes you (it doesn't give you migraines, jitters, an upset stomach or off-beat heart rhythms), enjoy. Here's why:
Coffee wards off Alzheimer's. Something in coffee releases a substance called GCSF that helps sweep beta-amyloid deposits out of your brain -- the plaque build-ups seen in Alzheimer's.
Coffee fends off Parkinson's. Why isn't clear but the finding is consistent, and more coffee equals more protection.
Coffee fights diabetes. As coffee consumption goes up, diabetes risk goes down. More is better here, too: Risk drops about 7 percent with each daily cup.
No time to brew a fresh pot? No worries. Healthwise, instant holds its own because it starts out as brewed coffee and retains some of the healthy substances. Also, there's a bonus: Instant has two-thirds more fiber. Yep, believe it or not, a 12-ounce cup of instant contains about 3 grams of fiber, versus about 1.8 grams in brewed. And that extra fiber helps your body absorb the other healthy goodies in coffee. So laugh off the coffee snobs. YOU know what they're missing.
As far as we YOU Docs can tell, all of America (not just Dr. Mike!) would grind to a halt without coffee. In fact, the entire world might. Finns are the top coffee drinkers at 4 cups a day -- not per coffee drinker, per person! Norwegians are close behind. Then Swiss, Italians, Brazilians, and Americans in sixth place, averaging about 1.5 cups per person (though about 3.4 cups per coffee drinker).
If you like coffee and, like Dr. Mike, it likes you (it doesn't give you migraines, jitters, an upset stomach or off-beat heart rhythms), enjoy. Here's why:
Coffee wards off Alzheimer's. Something in coffee releases a substance called GCSF that helps sweep beta-amyloid deposits out of your brain -- the plaque build-ups seen in Alzheimer's.
Coffee fends off Parkinson's. Why isn't clear but the finding is consistent, and more coffee equals more protection.
Coffee fights diabetes. As coffee consumption goes up, diabetes risk goes down. More is better here, too: Risk drops about 7 percent with each daily cup.
No time to brew a fresh pot? No worries. Healthwise, instant holds its own because it starts out as brewed coffee and retains some of the healthy substances. Also, there's a bonus: Instant has two-thirds more fiber. Yep, believe it or not, a 12-ounce cup of instant contains about 3 grams of fiber, versus about 1.8 grams in brewed. And that extra fiber helps your body absorb the other healthy goodies in coffee. So laugh off the coffee snobs. YOU know what they're missing.
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