What is Good Coffee

Believe it or not, Drinking Coffee with milk or sugar is good for you. This is DRINK for thought!

(Minus the cream, milk and sugar) I am a frequent coffee drinker, was used to drinking several cups of coffee a day. Office workers would probably attest to that the a meeting with coffee is not really complete. We are so used to drinking the local coffee, Nescafe two in one, or three in one. However a recent internet article that apparently stemmed from one name, Sylvia Booth Hubbard, Newsmax goes like this; "For many years, coffee was considered a vice, linked with sleepless nights and cigarettes. But scientists have discovered that coffee contains potent antioxidant that can fight numerous ailments, including heart disease and diabetes. According to the American Coffee Association, 54% of Americans drink coffee on a daily basis, and they drink, on average, over 3 cups each. The diseases coffee can benefit include; Dementia - Drinking moderate amounts of coffee during middle age, classified as 3 to 5 cups daily, can decrease the risk of dementia by 65%, according to a 2009 study by Swedish and Finnish researchers. Liver disease - In those who drink too much alcohol, those who drank the most coffee, more than 4 cups very day, reduced their risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis by 80% . Heart disease - Research associated with the Nurses Health Study, found that women who drank 2 - 3 cups of coffee daily had a 25% lower risk of dying from heart disease. Along the same line, a Spanish study found that men who drank more than 5 cups of coffee each day lowered their dying from heart disease by 44% and that women who drank 4 - 5 cups each day reduced their risk by 34%. Prostate cancer - A recent study from Harvard Medical School found that men who drank the most coffee slashed their risk of developing the fastest growing and most difficult to treat prostate cancers by more than half when compared to men who drank no coffee. Gout - Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee each day dramatically reduces the incidence of gout, say US. and Canadian researchers. Men who drank 4 - 5 cups daily lowered their risk by 40%, and those who drank 6 or more cups daily reduced their risk of developing gout by 59% when compared to men who didn't drink coffee. Breast Cancer - coffee can either reduce the risk of developing breast cancer or delay its onset, according to Swedish studies. They found that coffee alters a woman's metabolism and produces a safer balance of estrogen. Women who drank 2 or 3 cups of coffee a day reduced their cancer risk by as much as two-thirds, depending on the specific type of breast cancer. Diabetes - Enjoying 6 or more cups of coffee daily can cut chances of Type 2 diabetes by 54% in men and 30% in women over those who don't drink coffee. Parkinson's disease - Several studies show that drinking coffee lowers a man's risk of developing Parkinson's up to 80% - and the more the better. Colon cancer - A Japanese report found that women who drank 3 or more cups of coffee every day slashed their risk of developing colon cancer in half. What's responsible for coffee's healthy benefits? Most researchers believe it's the antioxidant ( polyphenol or flavonoid ) in coffee, but there are hundreds of compounds in coffee that may be partially responsible. So bear in mind, Drinking coffee - minus the milk and sugar, does have its health and benefits.