The Best News for any Coffee Lover, Coffee is Healthy!
Well it is as long as it is consumed the right way. Don’t get me wrong, coffee can be a problem, but that is more in how people drink it than anything else. With all of the negative press that coffee has receives at times, we figured it was time that we shed some light on some of the healthier aspects of our precious little brew.
Green tea seems to get all the glory, but coffee has also been proven to be effective in combating type 2 diabetes. It has also been proven to help prevent things like gallstones, Parkinson’s disease and colon cancer. Of course, we all know the benefits that are associated with the consumption of coffee for endurance athletes. You think Lance won 7 TDF’s on water alone?
Now where coffee gets its bad reputation is because of how people consume it. You can start by breaking down some of those drinks that pretend to be coffee. The biggest violator of them all is the Starbucks Frappuccino. This thing is loaded with fat and sugars that will absolutely kill any diet. This is not coffee, this is caffeine suicide. If you insist on drinking them, ask about their low fat options to at least cut back on the unhealthy aspect of these coffee drinks.
The Coolatta is just another version of this coffee bastardization. This is more like drinking a milk shake in the morning instead of drinking something to get your day jumpstarted. They can often have well over 500 calories and more than 15 grams of saturated fats! What kind of a way is that to get your day started? As soon as that sugar rush dies off, you will actually probably feel more sluggish than anything else.
If you want to keep coffee healthy, you need to consume actual coffee, not something that is pretending to be coffee. Keep the cream and sugar to a minimum and if you have to sweeten it, try using low fat milk and something like Stevia so you are not killing your sugar intake for the day after only 2 or three cups of coffee.
Coffee takes a lot of heat for being unhealthy, but you can rest assured that it does have some healthy benefits. As long as you don’t turn it into something healthy, you will actually benefit from consuming it on a daily basis. Lay off the cream, lay off the sugar, but keep drinking your cup of Joe every morning. Who knows, it may just save your life!
brewed on Sep 29th, 2009
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