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| Top Health Benefits of Coffee. Is Coffee a Health Superfood? |
| By Mark Stibich, Ph.D. |
| antioxidants and caffeine. Both these substances have health and anti aging benefits. Antioxidants, for example, help your body repair damage to cells caused by free radicals (which are produced as a byproduct of cells just doing their daily thing). Caffeine has been shown to help improve a range of symptoms and may even be important in fighting of Parkinson’s Disease and other age-related brain problems. Coffee is loaded with both antioxidants and caffeine, and each has different potential benefits for improving health and reducing the risk of chronic illnesses. Health Benefits of Coffee I scoured the internet to find reliable sources of the health benefits of coffee. Type "coffee" into pubmed (the database of medical research) and your get almost 7,000 results back. Below are some of the major findings about health, life expectancy and coffee. Heart Disease (up to 25% reduction in mortality risk for women)) Diabetes (up to 60% reduced risk) Dementia (up to 65% reduced risk) Colon Cancer (up to 25% reduced risk) Cirrhosis (up to 80% reduced risk) Gallstones (almost 50% reduced risk) Parkinson’s Disease (up to 80% reduced risk – probably because of caffeine) Headache Relief (because of the caffeine) Asthma Relief (caffeine again) Cavity Protection (because of anti-bacterial and anti-adhesive properties of compounds within coffee) |
