This early August morning in the Green Mountains was the perfect time to sit on the Brown and Jenkins screened-in porch and catch up on my back reading. You know what I mean; that huge pile of magazines and articles I set aside to read through, but somehow never got around to!
As I sat sipping my cup of Lake House Blend coffee, I came across an article in USA Weekend that was written by a writer for www.StopAgingNow.com on the many health benefits of coffee. Now, I'm not recommending that you ditch your doctor for a bag of coffee beans, but this is pretty compelling information for coffee drinkers.
Health Benefits of Coffee
The major health benefits from coffee as reported in this article, and based on studies, are for:
- Heart Health: Women who drink 1-3 cups of coffee per day, in the 55 to 69 age range, are 24% less likely to die of heart disease than those who don't drink coffee.
- Liver Health: Less than a cup of coffee a day decreased cirrhosis by 30%, while 4 or more cups decreased it by 80%, in a Kaiser Permanente study of heavy alcohol drinkers.
- Diabetes: Both men and women who drank 6 cups of coffee daily showed half the risk of type 2 diabetes as the non coffee drinkers in this Harvard study. Even decaf showed a reduction although that amount wasn't noted in this article.
- Parkinson's: Depending on whose study you want to believe coffee drinkers have a far lesser chance of developing Parkinson's disease. The Harvard study referred to says the chances are about 30% less, while an Italian study reports an 80% reduction.
Until our next cup,
Sandy Riggen
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