Freitag, 28. März 2014

Caffeinated coffee-poison or medicine?

When I awake every morning, I have my daily routine. After using the bathroom, I search the fridge for anything eatable and make a coffee before I start to study or go in the university. Most of the time, I'm in hurry. But today, I have taken time to really think about impacts of daily consume of caffeinated coffee. It can't be healthy, I thought, and so I started to question myself, which influences it could actually have on the body and the mind.

No other topic will be that discussed in the science. For some of us caffeinated coffee could be healthy in contrast to other ones. Scientists found out, that this depends on the genetic type a person possesses. If you have tough luck and you own a special sort of the gen CYP1A2, it can increase the risk of heart attacks whereas the same can happen with Parkinson with a special type of the gen GRIN2A. Although, these effects aren't the only one's genetic variation could increase. Also more disrupted sleep patterns, worsening of PMS symptoms, increase of blood pressure and higher risk of miscarriage could occur. 

But in some cases the opposite can set in, special gen types can even have a positive impact and can lead to an increase in athletic skills and mental perfomance, prevent from premature mortality, cardiovascular disease and possibly reduce the risk of getting cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and Type 2 Diabetes. 

So, opinions, whether affects are positive or negative, differ a lot. Because of that you should keep in mind to take caffeinated coffee
with a pinch of salt. 



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-berardi-phd/coffee-health-benefits_b_3881377.html?

1 Kommentar:

  1. I am not a coffee drinker, but I like the smell of it. The reason I don't want to drink coffee is not only that I don't like the taste of it, but also because I get the impression that many people who consume coffee every day get some kind of addicted to it. I don't want to be addicted to anything. Anyway, I agree with you: You should take coffee with a pinch of salt. But I think a coffee a day doesn't hurt. You only shouldn't overconsume it.

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