Archive for the Coffee and Health Category


How Much Coffee Is Too Much?

Anyone who drinks a lot of coffee has probably experienced the normal effects of drinking too much. Too much coffee can result in not being able to sleep, heart burn, nervousness, and even a fast or skipping heartbeat. We know that coffee, over the long haul, is good for our health and that the benefits […]

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Coffee As Preventative Medicine

For years we have written about the many, many health benefits of drinking coffee. All in all, aside from waking you up and keeping you awake, coffee does not have any immediate health benefits but rather functions as a preventative agent much like when folks take pills to control their high blood pressure or reduce […]

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Are There Nutrients in Coffee?

Many of us eat and drink what we eat and drink based on taste, how hungry we are, and our budget. The coffee that we drink commonly is typically chosen based on simply the need to get going in the morning and to keep going later in the day. Like with food our specific choice […]

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Is Coffee Growing a Threat to the Environment?

Coffee is good for your health, keeps you going all day, and tastes great. Why should there be any problem with coffee? The problems as we see them have nothing to do with human health as there is a very long list of health benefits that one gets from being a coffee drinker. Also we […]

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How Coffee Protects Your Brain

As we have reported numerous times, drinking coffee has a lot of health benefits from a reduction of the incidence of type II diabetes to less heart disease to reduced incidences of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Recent evidence from Massachusetts General Brigham show how coffee protects your brain. Results of Long Term Study of Health, […]

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Concerns about Black Coffee in the Morning

Why is it that a cardiologist is warning us about drinking black coffee in the morning on an empty stomach? We have known for many years that drinking coffee is good for you. Coffee drinkers gain a degree of protection from getting type II diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, several kinds of cancer and heart […]

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Is Your Coffee Really Dangerous to Your Health?

While doing research for our recent articles about contamination in coffee we ran across numerous sources that made it seem as though one ought to avoid coffee at all costs because of how dangerous various potential contaminants could be. Is your coffee really dangerous to your health of can you simply go back to drinking […]

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Are There Contaminants in Coffee Grown in Volcanic Soil?

Volcanic soil is very fertile as it contains minerals that are essential to healthy plants such as coffee. In addition, many of the minerals in volcanic soil are important or even essential nutrients for humans. Minerals commonly found in volcanic soil include iron, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulfur and phosphorus. However there are also potentially […]

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Eight Excellent Reasons to Drink Coffee

Coffee drinkers love their coffee. This, by itself is an excellent reason to drink coffee. However, there are many benefits for coffee drinkers aside from the taste and aroma of a good cup of Java. These include reduced risk of various types of cancer, type II diabetes and even a longer, healthier life. Drinking Coffee […]

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Coffee and Treatment of Type II Diabetes

We have known for years that drinking coffee reduces a person’s risk of getting type II diabetes. This type of diabetes affects about 38 million US adults and more than half a million adults across the world. This condition impairs the body’s ability to use insulin, thus resulting in high levels of blood sugar. High […]

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