Drinking A Cup of Coffee Everyday

Worried about how much coffee intake you have everyday?!? Here's the good news - new scientific research shows the potential health benefits a cup of coffee can do to you - whether it's caffeinated or decaf.

Drinking coffees have been know to be antioxidants, providing protection against certain types of diabetes and cancer. It is even said to hold the secret in curing male baldness, among others.

Recently, the evidence linking coffee drinking and the protection against diabetic diseases seems to be getting more substantial, as scientists investigate the beverage's effect. Based from the study of some Harvard University scientists, over a period of 10 years - more than 88,000 women, aged 26 to 46 years old, found that drinking coffees daily were connected to a decreased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

But don't start gulping coffee as a liquid health food. As the old cliche goes, anything taken in excessive would dangerous to your health. After all, moderation is still the best strategy. For many people, drinking too much coffee may cause indigestion. Contrary to popular belief, it's not just the caffeine, some coffee beans can yield higher level of acids, which can be an irritant to our stomach.

Another research in California shows that among more than 125,000 people studied for up to 22 years, coffee drinkers were less likely to be diagnosed with alcoholic cirrhosis. Additionally, coffee seems to offer protection against Parkinson's disease, although more for men than for women.

Interestingly, "coffee was once labelled as a culprit in raising artery-clogging LDL cholesterol levels. But researchers found that only unfiltered or boiled coffee, or that made using a French press, contained cafestol and kahweol, the compounds with the cholesterol-raising effects. In heart health research, sipping excess coffee has been linked to high blood pressure, but we'll see more research there," as published in Homemakers.com