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Coffee is an important beverage to many cultures around the world for ritualistic and culinary reasons. This revered drink originates in a bean from a coffee bush. Ripe coffee beans cannot be consumed raw; they must be dried, roasted, then ground and brewed with hot water to make the drink we call coffee.
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Coffee originated in 9th century Ethiopia, spread to the Middle East, then Europe, then the Americas. Today most coffee is grown in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. Coffee is the world's seventh largest crop, and can be a very expensive commodity to buy. In recent years, fair trade coffee has become trendy, as many activists contend that coffee growers see little of the economic benefits associated with the coffee trade. -
Coffee, Caffeine and Health
Coffee's effect on health is unclear, as some studies suggest coffee in moderation may be good for you, while others says it has negative effects on health. Its caffeine content makes it a controversial beverage. A cup of coffee can contain from 65 to 175 mg of caffeine depending on the way it is prepared. The physical and psychological effects of caffeine, which is a stimulant, are believed to be addictive. -
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- Starbucks is America's largest coffee retailer
- Comes from the roasted seed of the coffee plant
- 7 oz. drip coffee contains 115-175 mg of caffeine
- Grown in Latin America, Asia and Africa
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- Coffee reduces headaches: Studies confirm that Coffee can help to reduce headaches. Drinking and enjoying a cup a Coffee helps to expand the blood vessels of the brain, thus reducing headaches.
- Consumers of coffee run smaller risk of Parkinson: The people with familiar antecedents of Parkinson that take coffee are less prone to develop the disease, informed investigating in a study that reinforces previous observations and that offer possibilities of finding a treatment. The experts doubt that caffeine protects of the Parkinson, but assure that the information grants tracks on how the atmosphere in the genes works to cause the ailment. Doctor William Scott, of the Medicine School of the University of Miami, that directed the study, said that the results of the investigation aim clearly at the dopamine, a cerebral chemistry whose levels are reduced in the patients with Parkinson. "The dopamine is important because to consume caffeine it affects the dopamine in the brain," it indicated Scott during a telephone interview. Other investigators already had indicated that the coffee seemed to diminish the risk of Parkinson, but no study had aimed at the analysis of families with antecedents of the condition. When a disease occurs in different members from a family, that suggests certain genes are causing it. "We must consider these associations environmental while we looked for the genes that are involved in the Parkinson," Scott said. In an article published in the magazine You file of Neurology, the equipment of Scott indicated that it studied to 356 patients with Parkinson and 317 members of families without the ailment. "On the basis of this work we found that the people who had the disease of Parkinson were 40 percents less prone to say than they had smoked 100 cigarettes that the members of the families no affected. A reduction similar was observed in the propensity to (consumption of) the coffee, "said Scott.”It seems that the people with Parkinson are less prone to have made these things during their lives: to consume important amounts of caffeine, "added the expert. POSSIBLE PROTECTION the investigators say that not yet they can say surely what effects would have the coffee and cigarettes in the brain. Mark Stacy, of the Duke University in Carolina of the North, that worked in the study, said that it continues being possible that the coffee and the cigarettes protect to the brain. Nevertheless, also it is possible, according to his colleagues, who something is happening more. Perhaps the people who soon develop Parkinson respond of way different from the effects of caffeine and cigarettes. "It exists the idea, and it has enough sense, that the people who are going to develop Parkinson have minors dopamine levels," said the neurologist Burton Scott, of the Duke University, that also participated in the investigation. "Those with greater dopamine levels would be more prone to enjoy caffeine," added the expert. The same equipment at the moment is working to need better what genes are tie with the Parkinson. "I would not make any change in the style of life by this," showed William Scott. The disease of Parkinson takes place when the neurons that generate the dopamine die. The condition is progressive and affects to around the 1 percent of the greater people of 65 years. The symptoms begin with tremors and can get to cause corporal paralysis. At the moment, it does not exist cures, although a series of medicines can improve the symptoms by a time. The exhibition to pesticides is very associate with the risk of suffering the disease.
- Energy: Many studies demonstrate that Coffee boosts energy and helps people get along pretty good in their daily chores. Coffee is good whether you are driving, exercising, studying or even doing a crossword puzzle. As a matter of fact many tests demonstrated that Coffee enhances your thinking performance, enabling test takers to score higher particularly when they were under lots of stress.
- Cancer: A research conducted in Europe, The United States and Japan demonstrated that people who drank more that four cups of Coffee a day, were 24% less liable to develop colon and rectum cancer due that Coffee inhibits the secretion of bile acids which are the precursors of this Disease.
- Muscle pain from exercise: Several experiments have found that Caffeine levels from two cups of Coffee can reduce muscle pain during and after exercising. In fact, one of the researchers said that he drinks Coffee just before he goes jogging!
- Sipping Coffee Keeps you Awake: If you are relying on Coffee to keep you alert on a sleep-deprived day or on a long drive, drink small amounts of coffee throughout the day. This is a result from a group of investigators at Harvard Medical School who studied sleepiness versus wakefulness.
- Coffee reduces headaches: Studies confirm that Coffee can help to reduce headaches. Drinking and enjoying a cup a Coffee helps to expand the blood vessels of the brain, thus reducing headaches.
- Consumers of coffee run smaller risk of Parkinson: The people with familiar antecedents of Parkinson that take coffee are less prone to develop the disease, informed investigating in a study that reinforces previous observations and that offer possibilities of finding a treatment. The experts doubt that caffeine protects of the Parkinson, but assure that the information grants tracks on how the atmosphere in the genes works to cause the ailment. Doctor William Scott, of the Medicine School of the University of Miami, that directed the study, said that the results of the investigation aim clearly at the dopamine, a cerebral chemistry whose levels are reduced in the patients with Parkinson. "The dopamine is important because to consume caffeine it affects the dopamine in the brain," it indicated Scott during a telephone interview. Other investigators already had indicated that the coffee seemed to diminish the risk of Parkinson, but no study had aimed at the analysis of families with antecedents of the condition. When a disease occurs in different members from a family, that suggests certain genes are causing it. "We must consider these associations environmental while we looked for the genes that are involved in the Parkinson," Scott said. In an article published in the magazine You file of Neurology, the equipment of Scott indicated that it studied to 356 patients with Parkinson and 317 members of families without the ailment. "On the basis of this work we found that the people who had the disease of Parkinson were 40 percents less prone to say than they had smoked 100 cigarettes that the members of the families no affected. A reduction similar was observed in the propensity to (consumption of) the coffee, "said Scott.”It seems that the people with Parkinson are less prone to have made these things during their lives: to consume important amounts of caffeine, "added the expert. POSSIBLE PROTECTION the investigators say that not yet they can say surely what effects would have the coffee and cigarettes in the brain. Mark Stacy, of the Duke University in Carolina of the North, that worked in the study, said that it continues being possible that the coffee and the cigarettes protect to the brain. Nevertheless, also it is possible, according to his colleagues, who something is happening more. Perhaps the people who soon develop Parkinson respond of way different from the effects of caffeine and cigarettes. "It exists the idea, and it has enough sense, that the people who are going to develop Parkinson have minors dopamine levels," said the neurologist Burton Scott, of the Duke University, that also participated in the investigation. "Those with greater dopamine levels would be more prone to enjoy caffeine," added the expert. The same equipment at the moment is working to need better what genes are tie with the Parkinson. "I would not make any change in the style of life by this," showed William Scott. The disease of Parkinson takes place when the neurons that generate the dopamine die. The condition is progressive and affects to around the 1 percent of the greater people of 65 years. The symptoms begin with tremors and can get to cause corporal paralysis. At the moment, it does not exist cures, although a series of medicines can improve the symptoms by a time. The exhibition to pesticides is very associate with the risk of suffering the disease.
- Energy: Many studies demonstrate that Coffee boosts energy and helps people get along pretty good in their daily chores. Coffee is good whether you are driving, exercising, studying or even doing a crossword puzzle. As a matter of fact many tests demonstrated that Coffee enhances your thinking performance, enabling test takers to score higher particularly when they were under lots of stress.
- Cancer: A research conducted in Europe, The United States and Japan demonstrated that people who drank more that four cups of Coffee a day, were 24% less liable to develop colon and rectum cancer due that Coffee inhibits the secretion of bile acids which are the precursors of this Disease.
- Muscle pain from exercise: Several experiments have found that Caffeine levels from two cups of Coffee can reduce muscle pain during and after exercising. In fact, one of the researchers said that he drinks Coffee just before he goes jogging!
- Sipping Coffee Keeps you Awake: If you are relying on Coffee to keep you alert on a sleep-deprived day or on a long drive, drink small amounts of coffee throughout the day. This is a result from a group of investigators at Harvard Medical School who studied sleepiness versus wakefulness.
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