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#### 8 Benefits of Drinking Coffee

Do you love your daily java? If so, the fact it tastes great may be reason enough to continue your coffee-drinking habit.

However, you will be happy to know there are even more benefits of consuming a healthy cup of Joe. Here are eight benefits to consider while you sip your favorite beverage.

### Boosts Brainpower

Coffee contains a psychoactive substance that flows to the brain, blocking the inhibitory neurotransmitter adenosine.

When adenosine’s not present, norepinephrine and dopamine increase, causing brain neurons to fire. As a result, focus, memory, and energy levels grow, making you more enthusiastic and productive.

### Long Life

Research carried out over 10 years into longevity reveals coffee may increase your lifespan.

A study of 20,000 people showed those without a regular coffee habit were 64% more likely to die than java enthusiasts who enjoyed four cups of coffee a day.

The study considered variables like health and lifestyle, but the main difference between participants who died while research occurred and those who lived was coffee consumption.

### Fat Burning

There’s a good reason caffeine is often an ingredient in products for weight loss: it helps to burn fat.

Studies show caffeine can increase your metabolic rate by 10 to 29%, depending on your current age range and weight level.

See also: Drink Coffee for Better Liver Health, Reduced Liver Cancer Risk.

Trim, young individuals benefit from a greater metabolism boost than those who are older or obese, but advantages at the lower end of the scale are still worthwhile.

### Reduced risk of Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease and Diabetes

Regular consumption of a cup of joe has the potential to reduce the risk of colorectal and liver cancer and Parkinson’s disease.

Research also reveals drinkers enjoy less risk of type 2 diabetes. The likelihood of encountering the disease can drop by 7% with each cup of java consumed.

#### Like most people, you might fear cognitive decline as you age.

Happily, coffee may help you ward off diseases that result in Alzheimer’s and dementia.

There’s no cure for the cognitive decline associated with aging yet, but at least drinking coffee may reduce your brain’s demise by 65%.

### Optimal Body Power

Caffeine consumption gets your body ready for physical action by increasing adrenaline and breaking down fat cells that then act as fuel.

Regular cups of java can improve your physical endurance and strength, enhancing your performance by up to 12%.

### Liver Defense

Do you want to reduce the chance of developing liver cirrhosis?

Research shows if you drink four cups of coffee a day, you are 80% more likely to accomplish your aim than if you don’t partake in coffee consumption.

### Vital Nutrients

The vital nutrients potassium, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, magnesium, and manganese are found in coffee.

Levels are small, but significant if you consider they build the more cups of java you consume throughout the day.

Knowing you can increase your health and well-being and possibly staving off deadly diseases and a wider girth by drinking coffee gives you even more reasons to take pleasure in regular cups of delicious java.

By SignatureCare ER | Jul 8th, 2018| Categories: Community, Education, Food
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