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"A day without coffee is akin to a body without soul. It just wouldn't move“ –Anushya C.

A new survey indicates that most people wouldn't give up their mandatory morning coffee for anything - not for Facebook, not alcohol, not even for sex!

Studies have shown that moderate consumption of coffee could potentially provide immense health benefits.

How Important Is A Cup Of Coffee?

• Over 5% of the people said they found coffee the most important thing in the morning and they would sacrifice other things for it.

• 25% people said lack of coffee made them less creative.

• 22% said they couldn't get out of bed without it.

• 16% said they were unable to talk to people before their first cup!

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What Are The Potential Health Benefits Of Coffee?• It's good for your heart

• Prevents auto-immune liver disease

• Reduces risk of suicide!

• Reduces risk of liver cancer

• It's residue is a valuable resource of anti-oxidants

• Saves you from prostate and womb cancer

• Could help prevent Diabetes

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Helping Your Heart Out

• “Coffee and green tea helps to lower your risk of having a stroke”, Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

• The more green tea or coffee people drink, the lower their stroke risks. The regular action of drinking green tea and coffee, largely benefits cardiovascular health because it partly keeps blood clots from forming.

• A compound group known as catechins have an antioxidant anti-inflammatory effect, increasing plasma antioxidant capacity and anti-thrombogenic (anti-clotting) effects.

• Some chemicals in coffee include chlorogenic acid, thus cutting stroke risks by lowering the chances of developing type 2 diabetes.

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Prevents Auto-Immune Liver Disease

• Regular coffee drinkers are at a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis -an autoimmune liver disease.

• PSC is an inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that results in inflammation and subsequent fibrosis that can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure and biliary cancer.

• According to research data, the coffee consumption was associated with reduced risk of PSC.

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Reduces Risk of Suicide!

• The risk of suicide amongst adults, drinking several cups of coffee on a daily basis, was lower compared to those who drank very little coffee or no coffee at all.

• Caffeine works by stimulating the central nervous system but may act as a mild antidepressant by increasing production of certain ‘feel good’ neurotransmitters in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline.

• Having two to four cups of coffee every day can reduce the risk of suicide among men and women by 50 per cent.

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Reduces Risk Of Liver Cancer

• A new study claims that drinking three cups of coffee every day could keep liver cancer at bay!

• Coffee consumption reduces the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, by about 40%. The favourable effect of coffee on liver cancer might be mediated by coffee’s proven prevention of diabetes, a known risk factor for the disease, or for its beneficial effects on cirrhosis and liver enzymes.

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Valuable Resource Of Anti-Oxidants

• According to the new report in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry by Maria-Paz de Pena, used coffee grounds are a rich source of healthful antioxidant substances sought after by both the food and pharmaceutical industry.

• These useful bioactive compounds were analysed by ‘high-performance liquid chromatography’. They found that the main bioactive compounds – caffeoylquinicacids, caffeine and browned compounds, including melanoidins – in the spent coffee grounds were actually four-to-seven-fold higher than in the coffee brew itself.

• According to their report, the residues generated during the coffee brewing procedure can, therefore, be considered a new source of natural antioxidants and bioactive compounds.

• The report said the bioactive compounds can be easily extracted with water and, after extraction the final residue could still be used in agriculture as fertiliserbecause it is practically caffeine-free.

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Saves You From Prostate and Womb Cancer

• A study by Harvard University says that women who drink four to six cups of coffee a day are less likely to suffer from womb cancer, while men who drink the same amount are less likely to suffer from prostate cancer.

• Regular coffee drinkers also appeared to have a lower risk of Type-2 diabetes, gallstones, colon cancer and even Parkinson’s disease.

• Coffee may have a beneficial effect on insulin levels. The drink can improve glucose processing and has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, all of which play roles in cancer progression.

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Could Help Prevent Diabetes

• According to researchers at UCLA coffee increases plasma levels of a protein called SHBG which regulates the levels of the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen which in turn have a role in development of type 2 diabetes.

• Moderate consumption of coffee can help stave the diabetes risk although earlier there were some researches which were ambiguous about its effect on other diseases like cancer.

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