AKA: What Joe can do for you.

Every time that someone mentions to me that I should watch how much coffee I drink, I want to point them to one of the many studies that I have read which conclude that Coffee is good for you.

I never seem to be able to find those studies though.

Until today that is. Phil over at Thought Sparks posted that he was going to give up Caffeine for 35 Days, don’t do it Phil.

Why? Here are some reasons, from the Men’s Health Articles “Know your Joe” and “Memory Upgrade“:

Note: The study suggests keeping your coffee intake to “four 8-ounce cups a day”. I drink 2 cups in the morning, and 3 cups in the morning, and 1 cup in the afternoon, just to get me woken up before I head home.

1. “Generally, drinking 1 to 3 cups a day will increase your overall health”

2. “Coffee is the number one source of antioxidants in the American diet” Joe Vinson Ph.D.

These antioxidants have been shown to:

3. “possibly prevent certain types of cancer, including colorectal”

4. “the neurological impact of caffeine has been shown to retard the aging process”

5. “enhance short-term-memory performance”

6. Enhance your “attention, and concentration”

Photo: Coffee Beans by Sirikri

References:

“The No Caffeine 35 Day Experiment” – Thought Sparks

“Know Your Joe” – Men’s Health

“Memory Upgrade” – Men’s Health

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