Good News for Coffee Lovers (Like Me!)

Checking out an article on four benefits of drinking coffee over my usual first thing in the morning, yep a cup of coffee, I've decided to add one more…but first a quick sum up of the four benefits. First the old news, previous studies have shown coffee can lower your risk of diabetes, liver cancer, Alzheimer’s and skin cancer. These benefits have been debated for quite some time but of course being a coffee drinker myself I am leaning toward the pro statistics on these previous studies on coffee’s health benefits. Now for the new, drinking coffee (with caffeine-not decaf) can boost blood flow in our body’s smallest blood vessels. The researchers measured blood flow in fingertips which is a good place to measure because the vessels in the fingertips are typically tiny. This anti-inflammatory property of coffee the researchers found is a plus for people at risk of heart attack, heart disease, or stroke. Coffee also reduces the coffee drinkers’ risk of oral cancers though researchers don’t yet know why. Next researchers found that coffee acts as a mild antidepressant by boosting neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline, in the brain. I always figured coffee first thing in the morning has something to do with my positive outlook. Lastly, if you love a single cup coffee maker like I do but hate the idea of adding more plastic via little individual coffee making K-cups, there are new biodegradable coffee maker cups out there so you can brew your cup guilt free. And before I forget, my own personal additional benefit, sharing time over a couple of cups of coffee with someone you love makes even straight up black coffee (just the way I like it) even sweeter.