Archive for the Coffee and Health Category


How Often Should I Clean My Coffee Maker?

If you love coffee and brew your own at home you have a way to do the job. You may have a coffeemaker or you may use a French Press or you my even make pour over coffee. Of these three options you need to pay the most attention to taking care of your coffee […]

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Is Coffee Candy Good or Bad for You?

There are hundreds or even thousands of brands of coffee candy. To the degree that you might prefer coffee candy to a cup of coffee, the question we have is this.  Is there enough coffee with beneficial health effects in coffee candy to balance the amount of pure sugar and other additives. In other words, […]

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Pros and Cons of Adding Milk to Your Coffee

Depending on the coffee you are brewing, y cup of Java can be somewhat acidic. What we typically do in this case is add milk or cream to our coffee. Is this practice good, bad, or does it not even matter? How Is Adding Milk to Your Coffee a Good Thing? Folks who experience gastritis […]

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Can Coffee Raise Your Cholesterol Level?

Coffee has a whole host of positive effects on our health. One of these positive effects is that drinking from one to five cups of coffee a day over the years is associated with a lower incidence of heart disease including rhythm problems and heart failure. Thus it may be surprising to learn that coffee […]

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Does Coffee Cause or Prevent Cancer?

A few years ago (2018) a California court ruled that coffee sold in the state needed to come with a warning label saying that it could cause cancer. What was this all about and is it true that coffee can cause cancer? The ruling was based on a California law what says that if a […]

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Does Coffee Cause or Prevent Cancer?

Should coffee drinkers be concerned about the safety of coffee or plan to drink more to reduce their cancer risk.

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Coffee and Your Mental Health

What are ways in which coffee and your mental health are related? Some of the effects of coffee have to do with its caffeine content. Others appear to be related to the many healthy antioxidants found in coffee.

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How Much Does Coffee Help Your Health?

Specifically, how much does coffee help your health in terms of percentage reduction of specific health conditions and diseases?

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Drinking Coffee and Breast Feeding

Are there limits to how much coffee a nursing mother should drink?

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Coffee and Health Facts Versus Fantasy

Coffee has a lot of health benefits. However, it is not a miracle drug or drink. In this regard it is useful to sort out coffee and health facts versus fantasy.

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