Coffee and your health

Coffee

doesn’t actually give any real benefits; instead, it just makes you feel jittery and irritated. So, why are so many people still drinking coffee daily?

Well, caffeine has been around since 4000BC. Humans didn’t start using it until 200 B.C when the ancient Egyptians developed german beer made with it that is now known as coffee.

Since then we have discovered that it can fight against the malaria parasite which made its way into Africa after crossing the Sahara Desert.

Thus, humans began to drink it. According to research done in 2006, men between 25 and 34 who drank two cups of coffee per day had a 30% chance of dying of cancer compared to those who didn’t drink coffee.

Interestingly enough, women who drank six cups a day had a 50% chance of developing breast cancer! So, don’t believe me?

Do yourself a favor and add a little bit of healthy coffee to your diet after doing the math. Now that we’ve seen how harmful caffeine can be, let’s look at one more issue with this sweet beverage that seems to cause such destruction. Overconsumption means that the amount of caffeine the human body can handle becomes exceeded.

Here’s how this process goes down: You begin to become dependent on coffee. Once you realize you cannot do without getting some, you begin to experience withdrawal symptoms that are triggered when it is forbidden to consume coffee or something else that contains caffeine (which explains why caffeine is sometimes mixed with sugary foods such as cereal bars, cookies, candy, or chocolate). The most common withdrawal symptoms include headache, fatigue, irritability, and insomnia.

It starts affecting the nervous system (and this includes the anxiety levels in your body which trigger sweating) and the heart. Other signs of physical dependency on coffee include muscle aches, digestive problems, increased appetite, memory loss, and decreased sex drive.

Withdrawal also decreases our ability to focus or perform complex tasks such as shopping. All the reasons mentioned above give rise to depression and the list can go on! Most people would be able to finish a 2-hour conversation if one hour of coffee had passed! At this point, someone is addicted to the chemical (caffeine) in large amounts,

They would usually be referred to a doctor where doctors would advise them to change their lifestyle by reducing their intake or eliminating them completely from their diet, but this isn’t always practical! Another reason why caffeine addiction can sometimes occur is due to the long term consequences that accompany excessive consumption (some of these illnesses include cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, Type II diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, obesity, gallstones, kidney stones, kidney failure and rheumatoid arthritis) (as it happens, a new study discovered that coffee is responsible for over 300 deaths per year, worldwide) However, taking more than 1,000 mg a day (about a typical cup of coffee) is a contributing factor in the development of hypertension. according to researchers,

Unfortunately, we don’t know exactly why you should stop eating coffee and other caffeinated beverages until we find a cure for these diseases and that’s why this topic is rather controversial,

Overall, although studies show that coffee is indeed beneficial for our overall health, it actually harms us more than anything else, Because of the unknown, it’s best to avoid it as much as possible.