Reasons you should drink coffee every day
There really can't be any adult in this great big world that has never tried coffee. It is consumed everywhere. But what makes it special? Read on to discover reasons you should wake up and smell the coffee.
Get more antioxidants from coffee than anything else: According to a study done in 2005, "nothing else comes close" to providing as many antioxidants as coffee. While fruits and vegetables also have tons of antioxidants, the human body seems to absorb the most from coffee.
Coffee could lessen the symptoms of Parkinson's disease: ScienceDaily reported in 2012 that drinking coffee may help people with Parkinson's disease control their movement.
Coffee is great for your liver: A study published in 2006 showed that those who drink at least one cup of coffee a day were 20% less to develop liver cirrhosis.
Coffee can make you feel happier: A study found that those who drink four or more cups of coffee were about 10% less likely to be depressed than those who had never touched coffee.
Coffee consumption has been linked to lower levels of suicide: A study determined that drinking between two and four cups of coffee can reduce the risk of suicide in men and women by about 50%.
Coffee could reduce your chances of getting skin cancer (if you are a woman): Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School followed 112,897 men and women over a 20-year period and, apparently, women who drink three or more cups of coffee a day are much less likely to develop skin cancer than those who don't.
Coffee could reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes: Coffee also lowers risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to a study from The American Chemical Society.
Drinking coffee could help keep your brain healthier for longer: Researchers found that people older than 65 who had higher blood levels of caffeine developed Alzheimer's disease two to four years later than others with lower caffeine.
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