high blood pressure good ya, at least keep the blood moving...i
thot coffee is good for body....as per below note from a doctor
For many years, coffee was
considered a vice, linked with sleepless nights and cigarettes. But
scientists have discovered that coffee contains potent antioxidants
that can fight numerous ailments, including heart disease and
diabetes. According to the American Coffee Association, 54 percent
of Americans drink coffee on a daily basis, and they drink, on
average, over three cups each.
The diseases coffee can benefit include:
• Dementia. Drinking moderate amounts of coffee
during middle age — classified as three to five cups daily — can
decrease the risk of dementia by 65 percent, according to a 2009
study by Swedish and Finnish researchers.
• Liver disease. In those who drink too much
alcohol, those who drank the most coffee — more than four cups
every day — reduced their risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis by
80 percent.
• Heart disease. Research associated with The
Nurses' Health Study found that women who drank two to three cups
of coffee daily had a 25 percent lower risk of dying from heart
disease. Along the same line, a Spanish study found that men who
drank more than five cups of coffee each day lowered their risk of
dying from heart disease by 44 percent, and that women who drank
four to five cups each day reduced their risk by 34 percent.
• Prostate cancer. A recent study from Harvard
Medical School found that men who drank the most coffee slashed
their risk of developing the fastest growing and most difficult to
treat prostate cancers by more than half when compared to men who
drank no coffee.
• Gout. Drinking four or more cups of coffee each
day dramatically reduces the incidence of gout, say U.S. and
Canadian researchers. Men who drank four to five cups daily lowered
their risk by 40 percent, and those who drank six or more cups
daily reduced their risk of developing gout by 59 percent when
compared to men who didn't drink coffee.
• Breast cancer. Coffee can either reduce the risk
of developing breast cancer or delay its onset, according to
Swedish studies. They found that coffee alters a woman's metabolism
and produces a safer balance of estrogens. Women who drank two to
three cups of coffee a day reduced their cancer risk by as much as
two-thirds, depending on the specific type of breast cancer.
• Diabetes. Enjoying six or more cups of coffee
daily can cut chances of Type 2 diabetes by 54 percent in men and
30 percent in women over those who don't drink coffee.
• Parkinson's disease. Several studies show that
drinking coffee lowers a man's risk of developing Parkinson's up to
80 percent — and the more the better.
• Colon cancer. A Japanese report found that women
who drank three or more cups of coffee every day slashed their risk
of developing colon cancer in half.
What's responsible for coffee's healthy benefits? Most researchers
believe it's the antioxidants (polyphenols or flavonoids) in
coffee, but there are hundreds of compounds in coffee that may be
partially responsible.
