Why Drink that Magical Cup of Joe?
Coffee; the solution to any tiring day or that edge for concentration. The reason that you cannot sit still in a class or at work. Coffee is one of the wonders of the food world. Definitely one of the seven wonders in my book. But, the taste can take some getting used to; unless you like to eat and drink dirt right from the gecko.
Coffee has some great pros and some debatable cons.
Pros (Up for debate)
- Coffee is Caffeinated (It wakes you up and gives your brain that edge.)
- Coffee reduces the risk of Diabetes
- Coffee Fights Free Radicals (Coffee is actually a plant and like all plant foods, the coffee bean contains more than 1,000 naturally occurring substances called phytochemicals, which may help prevent disease.)
- Coffee improves Memory and Cognition
- An inverse association between regular coffee (caffeine) consumption and the incidence of Parkinson’s disease was found–in other words, caffeine looks to be protective against Parkinson’s disease.
- Coffee prevented motor deficits, normalized brain function, and prevented brain degeneration.
- Coffee improves a sense of well-being, happiness, energy, alertness and sociability.
- Coffee improves aerobic endurance.
Cons (Up for debate)
- It's not that great for the environment. There's a lot of waste with creating coffee, packaging, and distributing coffee. It pretty wasteful. Just think about all those plastic Keurig cups and packaged bags of ground coffee.
- The caffeine is coffee; and caffeine is addicting. This is good news and bad news. Caffeine has some great uses, but it in so much of what we eat. If it is addictive then it's hard to live without. You don't want to constantly be shelling out money for something that your body cannot bare to live without.
- There are definitely more cons about coffee, but I like pros. So, you'll have to face the bias.
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