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Believe it or not, if you’re a coffee drinker and you asked your body the same, it would tell you that it would miss out and quite a bit. While you may think of coffee as a semi-healthy drink in small amounts, unhealthy in large, but overall a neutral crutch for those who don’t sleep enough, you may be surprised. In fact, coffee serves the body well.

It promotes health in ways other “superfoods” lack. Here are 13 Jaw-Dropping Health Benefits of Coffee.

Who’s Drinking Up All the Benefits of Coffee?

Believe it or not, coffee makes up the majority of antioxidants and functional nutrients in many people’s diets. This may be an indication that the rest of their diet, if Standard American Diet, is lacking, or it may speak to nutrition potency of coffee.

According to the National Coffee Association, 64% of Americans drink coffee daily, and the average daily consumption is 3.1 cups (~25 ounces) (1).

Worldwide, humans consume almost 10 million tons of coffee per year. And the top coffee-drinking nations? Top 5:

• Finland (average of 26.5 lbs. coffee consumed per year per person)
• Sweden (22 lbs.)
• Iceland (20 lbs.)
• Norway  (19 lbs.)
• Denmark (18.5 lbs.)

The United States actually comes in outside of the top 10, at under 5 pounds per person per year (2). But, there might be reasons to aim a bit higher. Take a look at these health benefits of coffee.

13 Jaw-Dropping Health Benefits of Coffee

1. Brain Health: Better Focus and Concentration

The caffeine in coffee has a direct and almost immediate effect on your brain.

In short, it improves focus and concentration. While this may not make you smarter, it takes the cognitive abilities you have and helps you focus them on the task at hand (3).

2. Brain Health: Less Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Depression

Amazingly, coffee also offers neuroprotection.

While exact mechanisms are not known, it appears to be a function of both the caffeine and the antioxidants in coffee.

For example, studies show that coffee drinkers have up to a 65% lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease (4, 5), but do not show the exact reasons.

With the reduced risk of Parkinson’s, it seems to be caffeine-dependent. Studies support that coffee drinkers have lower incidences of Parkinson’s disease, by 32–60% compared to non-drinkers (6, 7, 8, 9). However, these results don’t hold up for people who drink decaf (10).

Moreover, coffee seems to reduce the risk or improve symptoms of depression. A long-term (10-year) study of 86,000 female nurses shows a reduced risk of suicide and depression in the coffee drinkers (11). Another study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health found that women who drink 4 or more cups of coffee were 20% less likely to suffer from depression (12).

3. Better Heart Health

Want to improve your heart health? That cup of joe may help.

While caffeine may modestly increase blood pressure (typically a rise of only 3–4 mm/Hg) (13, 14), it can do much more good than harm to overall heart health.

In fact, there is evidence that women who drink coffee have a reduced risk of heart disease (15). What more, other studies also show that coffee drinkers have a 20% lower risk of stroke (16, 17).

In fact, researchers from Korea found that study participants who consumed 3-5 cups of coffee a day were less likely to experience the beginning signs of heart disease (18). Another study from Brazil found that 3+ cups of coffee per day resulted in less calcification (hardening) of coronary arteries. Other studies have confirmed these findings (19 ).

4. Stronger DNA

DNA strand breakage is not something you want happening in your body. As you age, it becomes more and more important that DNA strands, and telomeres (the ends of DNA) remain strong.

One study published in the European Journal of Nutrition showed that coffee drinkers have stronger DNA, with significantly fewer instances of spontaneous DNA strand breakage (20). Another study, from 2016, showed longer telomere length among coffee drinkers vs. non-drinkers (21).

5. Less Pain and Reduced Sense of Effort

Among athletes engaging in physical activity, coffee and caffeine have an amazing quality: It can reduce pain and sensation of effort.

If running a marathon, the reduction of pain and effort is invaluable.

In fact, a study from 2016 showed that athletes were able to perform more work for a given amount of workout-associated-pain with caffeine than without (22). In other words, the athletes could increase effort despite the pain.

And after a workout? Two cups of coffee can reduce post-workout muscle pain by almost 50% (23).

6. Reduced Cancer Risk

Almost any natural substance that can reduce the risk of cancer, or fight cancer, is worth exploring.

Coffee has been shown to be such a substance. It appears to be protective against two types of cancer specifically: liver and colorectal cancer.

Studies show a 40% lower risk of liver cancer among coffee drinkers vs. non-drinkers (25, 26).

What’s more, a study of over 489,000 people linked 4–5 cups of daily coffee to a 15% lower risk of colorectal cancer (27). Another study found a lowered risk of 26% (28).

7. Eye Health

Coffee may even help prevent retinal damage. A study from Cornell University found that coffee may prevent retinal damage that occurs from oxidative stress.

Caffeine isn’t the hero here, but the potent coffee antioxidant called chlorogenic acid (CGA) (29).

8. Extra Fat Burning

Related: More Energy

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New research says it can.

Here’s what the study shows, and how Keto Zone Coffee affects your metabolism, weight and health.

What is Keto Zone Coffee?

Keto Zone Coffee is simply coffee that helps you maintain health, satisfy hunger and cravings, and get into the Keto Zone.

The most simple recipe for it is:

8-12 ounce coffee + 1 scoop MCT Oil Powder + 1 scoop Hydrolyzed Collagen

This combo is great for energy, metabolism, brain clarity and focus, and ketosis.

Here’s new information on how Keto Zone Coffee affects metabolism and weight.

New Study on Coffee and Weight Loss

New research published in Scientific Reports has linked caffeine from coffee with increased metabolism. This study analyzed the effects of caffeine on cells and metabolism in both lab studies and a human study (1).

In both types, there was a positive correlation with caffeine and boosted metabolism.

But how?

It’s About Brown Fat

If you’re wondering what brown fat is, you’re not alone.

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a special fat that generates heat by way of burning calories from nutrients like glucose and lipids. It metabolizes them through the activation of an uncoupling protein in the mitochondria (1).

BAT is active and benefits metabolism. It is a relatively new area of study, just 1-2 decades old.

The Study: Coffee and Brown Fat

While it’s been hypothesized that diet affects brown fat, the nutrients and pathways had not previously been conclusive.

The current study aimed to find if coffee stimulates brown fat to make heat.

First, the researchers used a lab study with fat cells exposed to caffeine. These cells showed an increase in uncoupling protein in the mitochondria. Caffeine also caused an increase in activation of brown and beige gene markers (beige fat cells transition from white ones).

Next, researchers studied humans and found that drinking coffee stimulated the temperature of BAT, indicating thermogenesis (creation of heat and burning of calories).  When water was used in the same study, thermogenesis was not demonstrated.

Coffee in and of itself does not really have an upper limit in terms of health. We know that it actually provides many health benefits.

However, its stimulating effects on sleep health can have a detrimental effect on physical and mental health. What’s more, it does have addictive properties.

So how much is too much?

Mostly, it’s important to drink it before noon or so, and not after 2:00 pm in order to not affect sleep. Caffeine’s half-life is 6 hours. This means that 6 hours after consumption, only half the level is still in the body. If you’re drinking it at 3:00 pm and going to bed at 10 pm, there will still be enough in the system to affect sleep quality.

Other Benefits of Coffee and Caffeine

What other benefits are there to coffee and caffeine?

A new British study showed that coffee drinkers, even those who consume 8 cups per day, had a 10-15% lower risk of early death than non-coffee drinkers over a 10-year period follow-up (2).

Caffeine has also been shown to stimulate both mental and physical performance in workers and athletes. In fact, it can improve reaction time, strength, and stamina in the short-term.

Other Brown Fat Stimulators

There are also other brown-fat stimulators.

Both drinking ice water and taking icy cold showers can activate beige and brown fat.

Also, high-intensity interval training can activate brown fat. This type of exercise gets your heart rate up very high intervals and then allows for times of lower intensities.

Take Your Coffee to the Next Level: Keto Zone Coffee

Bottom Line

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In fact, each day there are about 1.4 billion cups of coffee prepared around the world.

With so many people drinking the dark brew, researchers have long been interested in the health effects coffee has on regular drinkers.

Is Coffee Healthy?

Throughout the years coffee has been said to stunt growth, increase blood pressure, increase risk of heart attacks, increase risk of urinary tract cancer, and has even been linked to lung cancer (likely due to the common practice of smoking cigarettes while drinking coffee).

More recent studies have also shown that a cup-o-joe can decrease risk of liver cancer, reduce risk of stroke and prostate cancer, and actually lower risk of heart failure.

With so much conflicting information it has remained largely unclear what the true health effects of the beverage truly are.

Until recently.

The Largest Study to Date

The Annals of Internal Medicine has recently published two large studies – one from the U.S. and the other from the U.K. – examining the correlation between coffee consumption and overall mortality.

The British study is the largest study to date examining the health effects of coffee. The Imperial College of London and the UN International Agency for Research on Cancer, followed 520,000 people in 10 countries for a total of 16 years.

What the researchers found is that those who drank three or more cups of brew a day had a lower risk of death of mortality than people who did not drink any. Men saw the most benefit, with those who drank three cups per day being 18% less likely to die than the men who drank none. Women who drank the brew saw a smaller, but still considerable benefit of an 8% reduced rate of mortality.

Study co-author Dr. Mark Gunter of the IARC explained that the research “found higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, and specifically for circulatory diseases, and digestive diseases.

“We looked at multiple countries across Europe, where the way the population drinks coffee and prepares coffee is quite different.

“Importantly, these results were similar across all 10 European countries, with variable coffee drinking habits and customs.

“Our study also offers important insights into the possible mechanisms for the beneficial health effects of coffee.

“The fact that we saw the same relationships in different countries is kind of the implication that it’s something about coffee rather than it’s something about the way that coffee is prepared or the way it’s drunk,” he said.

The American Study

The University of Southern California found strikingly similar results in their slightly smaller study that tracked 186,000 people over 16 years. Their research found that Americans who consumed one cup a day were 12% less likely to die than those who drank none at all.

To further bolster the British research, the American study also found that those who drank three cups a day had an 18% less chance of death than their coffee abstinent counterparts.

Researchers determined that the coffee drinkers had healthier better glucose control and healthier liver function than the non drinkers.

What About Decaf?

Interestingly, both studies found that the results were consistent in both decaf and caffeinated coffee drinkers.

This has led the researchers to determine that it is likely the antioxidant polyphenol compounds found in the coffee, instead of the caffeine, that are responsible for the possible health benefits.

However, the research is still not conclusive.

“We are not at the stage of recommending people to drink more or less coffee,” Dr. Gunter warns. “Our results suggest that moderate coffee drinking — up to around three cups per day — is not detrimental, and that incorporating coffee into your diet could have health benefits.”

References

1. http://www.torontosun.com/2017/07/11/3-cups-of-coffee-a-day-can-help-extend-your-life-study
2. http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-coffee-health-20170710-story.html
3. http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/827078/Coffee-could-ward-off-diseases
4. http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/11/drinking-three-cups-of-coffee-a-day-could-add-years-to-your-life-suggest-studies-6769723/
5. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/health/coffee-leads-to-longer-life-studies-reaffirm/index.html

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