Drinking coffee not only refreshes the mind, but a cup after a meal can also help digestion! 5 must-know benefits of drinking coffee

Have you had coffee today? Whether it’s breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea, coffee is everyone’s favorite drink to go with meals! Drinking it not only refreshes your mind, but also gives you a feeling of warmth and happiness. As long as you consume it in moderation, coffee has many benefits. It can improve constipation, aid digestion, promote metabolism, and even accelerate fat decomposition! The secrets of coffee, you will understand it all after reading this article!

Coffee relieves stress and relaxes you, and can also reduce muscle fatigue

It is rich with a hint of fruity sourness, and with a little fresh milk, it has a mellow milky aroma. A cup of fragrant coffee is always irresistible. There is a reason why we love drinking coffee. Caffeine can stimulate the central nervous system, which not only brings a refreshing effect, but also relaxes the mood, reduces muscle fatigue, and creates a sense of happiness. However, coffee contains many ingredients, not just caffeine. The key factor that affects the aroma of coffee is "fat"!

It is rich with a hint of fruity sourness, and with a little fresh milk, it has a mellow milky aroma. A cup of fragrant coffee is always irresistible.

Volatile fat is the key to coffee aroma

Does coffee contain fat? That’s right! Nutritionist Wang Zinan pointed out that the fat in coffee is volatile fat, which is the main source of coffee aroma. The strength of the taste of coffee depends on the composition of the coffee beans and has nothing to do with the amount of caffeine. Coffee also contains sugar, but it is converted into caramel after roasting.

5 benefits of drinking coffee, drinking in moderation is really healthy

Coffee is not only delicious, it also has many benefits for the human body. Under the premise of drinking in moderation, the benefits of drinking coffee can be roughly summarized into the following five points:

1. Refresh your mind

Caffeine stimulates the cerebral cortex, helps us stay clear-headed, and improves judgment, memory, and concentration. After a cup of coffee, your work efficiency will naturally improve!

Caffeine stimulates the cerebral cortex, helps us stay clear-headed, and improves judgment, memory, and concentration. After a cup of coffee, your work efficiency will naturally improve!

2. Control your weight

Caffeine helps promote blood circulation, improve metabolism, and accelerate fat decomposition, thereby increasing heat energy consumption, thus playing an auxiliary role in weight control. However, nutritionist Wang Zinan reminded that this does not mean that drinking coffee alone can help you lose weight. If you add sugar, creamer or fresh milk to every cup of coffee, it will add extra calories and may make you fat instead of thin. If you really want to lose weight, it is more effective to control dietary calories and increase exercise!

However, if you want to promote bowel movements and improve constipation, drinking coffee is really effective...

3. Help digestion and improve constipation

Caffeine can stimulate the sympathetic nerves and increase the secretion of gastric juice, thus helping digestion. However, coffee can also affect calcium absorption, so it is recommended to drink coffee 30 minutes after a meal. In addition, caffeine also stimulates gastrointestinal hormones, producing a laxative effect, thereby improving constipation! It should be noted that drinking coffee on an empty stomach will cause excessive stomach acid, which will damage the stomach. Therefore, if you want to use coffee to help with bowel movements, remember to avoid drinking it on an empty stomach.

4. Diuretic

Caffeine has a diuretic effect, which can increase urine output, help excrete waste and metabolites from the body, and also excrete excess sodium ions from the body. However, nutritionist Wang Zinan reminds us that we especially need to replenish water after exercise or when we are sick. It is not suitable to drink coffee at these times to avoid accelerating water loss and increasing the risk of dehydration.

5. Prevents High Blood Pressure

Some people worry that drinking too much coffee may cause high blood pressure. According to current research, women who drink coffee regularly will not suffer from high blood pressure, but may reduce the risk slightly. However, whether you have high blood pressure or not, caffeine must be consumed in moderation to be healthy. Ways to prevent high blood pressure also include maintaining a proper weight, a healthy diet, adequate sleep, moderate exercise, etc. Coffee is not the only influencing factor.

Moderate amount of coffee + calcium supplement to prevent osteoporosis

Drinking coffee does have many benefits, but we always emphasize "moderation". If you drink too much, what harm will it do to your body? "Osteoporosis" is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Nutritionist Wang Zinan said that there are many causes of osteoporosis, including the influence of innate hormones, lack of exercise, unbalanced nutrition, etc., especially "insufficient calcium intake" has a particularly great impact!

Coffee can easily hinder calcium absorption, so you must drink coffee in moderation. However, you should also supplement your three meals with calcium-rich foods (dried fish, dairy products, black sesame seeds, frozen tofu, dried tofu, etc.) to prevent osteoporosis, rather than just drinking less coffee.

In addition to osteoporosis, many people have heard that drinking too much coffee can cause "caffeine poisoning". Is this true or false? Is it as serious as "poisoning"?

Caffeine is addictive, and people may feel upset and have hand tremors after being poisoned.

Drinking coffee for a long time will make the body accustomed to caffeine and become addictive. Generally speaking, coffee will be excreted from the body 2 hours after drinking it, but the anesthetic and stimulant substances in coffee will still accumulate in the body.

If you consume too much, it will cause "caffeine poisoning", resulting in symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, irritability, hand tremors, and chills. If you have the habit of drinking coffee for a long time and suddenly stop drinking it one day, your blood pressure will suddenly drop, leading to headaches, irritability, tension, insomnia and other phenomena.

Limit your coffee intake every day, read the red, yellow and green signs carefully

Therefore, coffee must be consumed in moderation to be healthy! There is currently no clear recommended intake of caffeine in China, but the European Union Food Science Expert Committee recommends that daily caffeine intake should be controlled below 300 mg.

Coffee must be consumed in moderation to be healthy! There is currently no clear recommended intake of caffeine in China, but the European Union Food Science Expert Committee recommends that daily caffeine intake should be controlled below 300 mg.

In China, freshly brewed coffee is labeled with red, yellow, and green to distinguish the caffeine content. "Red" means the total caffeine content per cup is more than 200 mg, "yellow" means the total caffeine content per cup is 100 to 200 mg, and "green" means the total caffeine content per cup is less than 100 mg. Every time you drink coffee, remember to pay attention to the caffeine content label.

If you love coffee, exercise more. Pregnant women should avoid drinking it to stay safe.

In addition, nutritionist Wang Zinan reminds that people who are used to drinking coffee should pay attention to calcium supplementation, exercise more, and drink more water. Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, the elderly, people who are prone to diarrhea, people with excessive stomach acid, people taking sedatives, people who restrict potassium intake, and people with mental illnesses are not suitable for drinking coffee, so don't forget to pay more attention.