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JAPUAULGYEU2S83T- 1JU6L-YA2U9G,U2S0T122, 2011                                                                                      OCTOBER 10 - 16PA, G2E0186

USAPANG HEALTH BUZZ ABOUT COFFEE

By Midori Chiharu                       One of the most popular hints about the greatness of coffee is its anti-
                                 oxidant content. Some consider coffee the ‘superfood of the century’ though

                                               caution on its moderate consumption is recommended.

                                 whether caffeinated or             development of diabetes. This           It’s great for
                                 decaffeinated. It seems            compound called human islet               your skin
                                 that coffee appears to             amyloid polypeptide is linked
                                 lengthen the “when”                to the development of diabe-          Caffeine in coffee
                                 for these individuals.             tes and can be blocked by       has demonstrated that cof-
                                                                    consuming caffeinated coffee.   fee drinkers help lower the
                                 It helps make your                                                 risk of developing basal cell
                                 reproductive sys-                    It helps protect your         carcinoma, the most diag-
                                                                                 brain              nosed form of skin cancer!
                                      tem happy
                                                                          One study published       It may help reduce your
S o what’s              the                   Keep your coffee      in 2009 links consumption           risk of oral cancer              There may be limited        ecules. The study has shown
            buzz about  cof-           habits going ladies, as      of coffee to resistance to the                                 studies published linking de-     the positive effects of coffee
            fee? Here   are      drinking coffee lowers your risk   development of dementia                                        creased risk of cancer to cof-    in sedentary individuals with
                                 of endometrial cancer by 25%       and Alzheimer’s later in life.                                 fee consumption, a recent         their changes in muscles. While
the amazing ben-                 when you drink more than four      Another study done on rats                                     study found that individuals      coffee loading is not recom-
                                 cups of coffee a day. Men who      found out that just the smell                                  who drank four or more cups of    mended for everyone, some
efits of coffee as published     consume at least six or more       of coffee reduces stress as-                                   coffee a day had a 50% lower      studies have also shown ben-
                                 cups of coffee a day have a lower  sociated with loss of sleep.                                   risk of death from oral can-      efits of coffee for heart patients.
by huffingtonpost.com:           risk of prostate cancer by 20%.                                                                   cers in a 25-year time frame.
                                                                    It could help you recov-                                                                               But who should avoid cof-
It may lower your risk            It can help lower your             er after colon surgery                                              It may help you             fee given its many benefits?
         of death                             risk of                                                                                   strengthen your              Pregnant women and individu-
                                                                          After surgery, one big                                       muscles and DNA               als going through IVF treat-
      According to a large        developing Type 2 dia-            sign of recovery is the re-                                                                      ments, and those struggling
2012 study, persons with cer-                 betes                 turn of bowel function which                                         Cell Metabolism journal     with insomnia or depression.
tain chronic conditions like                                        is helped by consuming cof-                                    says that caffeine actually had   Naturally, children should not
heart disease and diabetes             One coffee compound is       fee rather than water alone.                                   a similar effect to our DNA mol-  be given coffee so just save
can benefit from drinking three  found to block a substance in                                                                                                       the wonderful experience of
or more cups of coffee a day,    the body that is crucial in the                                                                                                     coffee when they get older.
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