For lovers of coffee, this drink is a energy booster. No wonder if they can drink more than one cup of coffee a day.

Headline - For lovers of coffee, this drink is a energy booster. No wonder if they can drink more than one cup of coffee a day.

If you know how to drink coffee and can control the intake of coffee each day, drinks can indeed provide a positive impact on the body. Among others:

1. Protect the heart.

Coffee drinkers who consume 1-2 cups of black coffee per day had a lower risk of stroke than those who drank no coffee. This is caused by the presence of antioxidants contained in coffee.

Coffee has more antioxidants than blueberries. Antioxidants contained in it helps withstand the adverse effects of inflammation in the arteries. Shortly after drinking it, coffee increases blood pressure and heart rate. But after a while, the coffee actually lowers blood pressure, because the antioxidants in coffee activate nitric acid in the body, causing blood vessel dilation.

2. Preventing diebetes

Antioxidants coffee, chlorogenic acid and guinides particular, play a role to enhance the body's cells to insulin which helps regulate blood sugar. In fact, people who drink coffee every day have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, according to some studies.

3. Maintaining heart health

Coffee can also minimize the risk of cirrhosis and other liver diseases. One analysis of nine studies found that coffee may reduce the risk of cancer by 43% today. This is because the role of antioxidants and caffeine in it.

4. Improve brain power

Drinking coffee regularly may also help reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's, as well as Parkinson's. The antioxidants contained in coffee counter brain cell damage and help the neural network to work more optimally so that the brain works better.

5. Helps relieve headaches

Research shows, 200 milligrams of caffeine can help relieve headaches, including migraines. However, no study has proven how to eliminate caffeine headache, but researchers believe that caffeine increases the activity of brain cells that lead to the surrounding blood vessels tighten.

"The tension of blood vessels helps relieve pressure resulting in pain," says Robert Shapiro, MD, Ph.D., professor and director of the nerves Headache Clinic of the University of Vermont Medical School, as quoted by Yahoo! Shine page.

However, behind the ecstasy, the coffee store negative effects for those who do not know how to drink good coffee. Excessive coffee drinking can cause adverse effects, among other things, increased levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides, which would make the blood thicker.

In addition, the coffee will be very dangerous for people with high blood pressure, because caffeine can increase blood pressure suddenly. For pregnant women, coffee can increase the risk of death in infants. Coffee also cause brittle bones. For patients with ulcer, coffee is a great enemy to be avoided because caffeine increases the production of stomach acid. Coffee also makes restlessness, insomnia, and tremor (shaking hands).

In order to avoid negative effects on coffee, select coffee blends without added sugar and milk, and reduce the dose of coffee do you drink each day. In addition, also select the type of coffee without the caffeine. And that 'poison' in the coffee can be minimized, do not forget to always consume two glasses of water for every one cup of coffee that you drink.

source: Petti Lubis, Febry Abbdinnah - VIVANEWS