Is Coffee Good or Bad?

First, let me ask you this question: what drink did you have this morning? Let me guess, coffee? Ha ha, me too! Don't we just love the aroma, the taste and most importantly, the invigorating feeling it gives us! What a start to a brand new day!

Well, I have to say, many people love coffee [Check just HOW MANY in the links below] but does people know or even care about what effects coffee brings us once it goes down our throat?

I guess once in a while, when you take a sip off your cup of coffee, you must have wondered whether this brownish liquid you drink everyday does you any Good? You might even wonder is it Bad for your body?

Don't you worry, let us debunk these mysteries in this lens here! We shall look at the good sides and the bad sides of drinking this popular beverage.

The goodies that coffee brings you!

1. Coffee contains plenty of natural ANTIOXIDANTS which are vital to fight off free radicals that are harmful to your body!

2. Coffee increases our ALERTNESS by heightening our senses and response.

3. Coffee helps us LOSE WEIGHT by increasing our metabolism, which in turn burns fat!

4. Coffee helps relieve MIGRAINES or headaches.

5. And most importantly, studies show that coffee consumption can help us FIGHT Type 2 Diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Gallstone and Kidney Stone Formation, Liver Cirrhosis, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer and Prostate Cancer. (Wow!)

Beware, coffee has its evil side too!

1. Coffee increases our BLOOD PRESSURE. People who's got high blood pressure take note!

2. DEHYDRATION. Coffee is diuretic which means it increases our urination, which in turn might cause us to lose water from our body.

3. Coffee interrupts your SLEEP because it contains caffeine which is a Central Nervous System stimulant. If you consume coffee before you sleep, I'm sure you're not going to have sweet dreams for that night!

4. Coffee is actually a kind of drug but a mild one. It won't do much harm to our body, except that it gets us ADDICTED to it. However, one can easily break his/her addiction to coffee.

5. HEARTBURN. Coffee is known to cause heartburn or other digestive problems. People who have a problematic gut or bowel are advised to drink less coffee. Find out more here in the link below.

So how much coffee should we take?

In my opinion, we should always keep everything we do in BALANCE. Whether it is calculating our monthly $$$ budget or planning our daily schedule, they must always be in a balance ratio. The same thing goes for Drinking Coffee!

Yes, we all love coffee BUT there must be a certain number of cups we must abide by. I suggest a cup a day will be just fine for those with a sensitive/weak stomach while a maximum of three cups for a normal person.

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