Coffee!

Coffee’s good!        

Once suspected in a variety of disease, coffee now has an impressive resume: mounting evidence suggests that coffee drinks have a lower risk of developin type 2 diabetes, gallstone, parkinson’s disease, cirrhosis and crtain types of liver, breast and colon cancers.

Better than fruit juice? Hundreds of compounds, including antioxidants, seem to be responsible for coffee’s many protective benefits. In a recent drinkers had a lower risk od dying from cardiovascular causes than nondrinkers. Black coffee is probably even better for you than high- calorie beverages. A norwegian study found that a tyipcal serving of brewed coffee is richer in antioxidants than a serving of blueberries, raspberries, pineapple or many fruit juices.

Brain bonus coffee might help your mind as much as your body. One study found that sleep-deprived rats were much calmer after simply inhaling roasted coffe beans.

Sippings tips many dietitians believe moreration is still best and recommend drinking only one or two cups of coffee a day- withoit whole milk, whipped creanm, and sugar. Drink much more than that hand the caffeine can dehydrate you or raise your blood pressure. Pregnant women will want to limit their intake, too, as coffee can boost the risk of miscarriage.

      If you worried about cholesterol, stick to paper-filtered and instant coffees. Unfiltered and instant coffee. Unfiltered coffees, which are typically made with a french press, contain more of a cholesterol-raising substance called cafestol.