Millions of people around the world love nothing more than to start their day with a steaming cup of coffee. Drinking coffee has many benefits for our health and well being.Some of coffee’s health benefits accrue as a result of its caffeine content, whereas others are generated by its antioxidants.

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Coffee helps to improve alertness, attention and wakefulness and by that means it facilitates relevant learning. When the study is tedious, boring and not motivating, coffee helps to give you the energy to study and to make the best of it.

Coffee provides significant protection against the development of liver disease

Coffee drinking specifically could be protective against:
• Cirrhosis of the liver -a disease causing progressive damage and scarring of the liver tissue and function.
• Gallbladder disease - by reducing the risk of gallstone formation.
• An increase of liver enzyme activity. A high liver enzyme activity is a recognized indicator that there has been deterioration in the functioning of liver cells and possible development of disease in the liver.

Asthma – Drinking coffee can help to control asthma, and in some cases can even be used to treat an asthma attack when conventional medication is not available.

Headache – Coffee cures or diminishes some types of headaches.

Tooth decay – A compound in coffee called Trigonelline has anti-adhesive and antibacterial properties, which helps prevent cavities.

Kidney cancer – Studies suggest people who drank three or more cups of coffee a day were 16 percent less likely to develop kidney cancer than those who averaged less than a cup per day.

Uterus cancer – Studies suggest that those who drank more than three cups of coffee a day had a 60% less chance of developing tumors in the uterus compared to those who drank coffee less than twice a week.

Diabetes – Heavy coffee drinkers may be half as likely to get diabetes as light drinkers or nondrinkers. Coffee may contain chemicals that lower blood sugar. A coffee habit may also increase your resting metabolism rate, which could help keep diabetes at bay.

IS TOO MUCH OF COFFEE BAD?
Drinking or eating a large amount of caffeine can also speed bone loss and might reduce birth weight and raise the risk of miscarriage. Women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant are advised to not drink more than two cups of coffee a day. The same is also true for postmenopausal women to guard their bones. Caffeine has also been known to precipitate heart burn, rapid heartbeat, and anxiety.

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