My boyfriend and I always start our day with coffee. It's the warm, calming effect that allows us to snuggle up even after we're forced out of our cozy bed. Sipping a cup of joe doesn't come without side effects though. Scientists and experts have forever debated, tested and tried to prove coffee's maleffects and recently benefits because of it's popularity (people won't stop drinking it even if it caused cancer).
Here's the low down: The caffeine in coffee does raise blood pressure. However coffee drinkers who drink one or more cups a day are half as likely to die of heart failure as those who don't fill their mug daily. What's happening? Adenosine naturally flows through your blood, it's function is to calm your nervous system--a natural chill pill. As the day progresses, you build up more and more adenosine which naturally helps your body relax and become sleepier. COFFEE simulates adenosine--it stimulates your nervous system, a caffeine jolt, then gradually builds up and relaxes you.
This may seem counter intuitive but the caffeine in coffee is also causing the release of dopamine. Dopamine is a brain chemical that stimulates the area of your gray matter responsible for alertness, problem solving, and pleasure. The feeling of being activated, sharper, and on the ball as well as a mild mood-elevating effect. In combination with adenosine it boosts brain power for about 45 minutes, then increase feelings of pleasure and calms you down.
Most importantly when drinking coffee, OMIT THE SUGAR! By doing this you actually reduce your risk of developing diabetes, according to multiple studies. For example, in 2005, Harvard University researchers determined that drinking 5 cups of coffee a day cuts in half the risk of developing diabetes. Scientists aren't sure why coffee may have a protective effect against diabetes, but credit its high level of disease-fighting antioxidants.
(most info from Men's Health Mag)
Here's the low down: The caffeine in coffee does raise blood pressure. However coffee drinkers who drink one or more cups a day are half as likely to die of heart failure as those who don't fill their mug daily. What's happening? Adenosine naturally flows through your blood, it's function is to calm your nervous system--a natural chill pill. As the day progresses, you build up more and more adenosine which naturally helps your body relax and become sleepier. COFFEE simulates adenosine--it stimulates your nervous system, a caffeine jolt, then gradually builds up and relaxes you.
This may seem counter intuitive but the caffeine in coffee is also causing the release of dopamine. Dopamine is a brain chemical that stimulates the area of your gray matter responsible for alertness, problem solving, and pleasure. The feeling of being activated, sharper, and on the ball as well as a mild mood-elevating effect. In combination with adenosine it boosts brain power for about 45 minutes, then increase feelings of pleasure and calms you down.
Most importantly when drinking coffee, OMIT THE SUGAR! By doing this you actually reduce your risk of developing diabetes, according to multiple studies. For example, in 2005, Harvard University researchers determined that drinking 5 cups of coffee a day cuts in half the risk of developing diabetes. Scientists aren't sure why coffee may have a protective effect against diabetes, but credit its high level of disease-fighting antioxidants.
(most info from Men's Health Mag)
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