Seven Health Facts about Coffee When you’re considering your morning coffee, her

Seven Health Facts about Coffee

When you’re considering your morningcoffee, here are some health facts to keep in mind:

1. Coffee Reduces Your Risk of Diabetes (糖尿病)

In a 2005 review of nine studies,researchers found that for those that drank four to six cups of coffee per day,versus only two or fewer, their risk for Type 2 diabetes decreased by almost 30percent. The number decreased by 35 percent when people drank more than sixcups per day. And if you’re picturing yourself running around the office withyour eyes bugging out of your head, no worries because caffeinated anddecaffeinated coffees provided much the same results.

2. Coffee Fights Free Radicals (自由基)

We often forget that coffee is actually aplant and like all plant foods, the coffee bean contains more than 1,000naturally occurring substances called phytochemicals, which may help preventdisease. Many of these phytochemicals are antioxidants which protect the cellsfrom damage from free radicals.

3. Coffee Improves Memory and Cognition

Researchers reported that volunteers whodrank caffeinated coffee in the morning performed better than nondrinkers ontests that involved learning new information. Coffee can also improve cognitivefunction as we age. One study found that combining coffee with a sweet treathad an even bigger impact.

4. Coffee Can Increase Osteoporosis (骨质疏松)

It’s true that coffee can cause the body toexcrete calcium in urine. We don’t want the body to rid itself of calciumbecause this can lead to osteoporosis. According to The Diet Channel,about five milligrams of calcium is lost per every six ounces of coffeeconsumed. But these calcium losses can be counter balanced with two tablespoonsof milk or yogurt per cup of coffee.

5. Coffee Causes Wrinkles

Even though coffee has antioxidants, if youdrink too much of it, it can cause wrinkling of the skin. This is a result ofdehydration (脱水)which is the worst thing for your skin. So when you’re drinking that morningcup or two, make sure that you’re pairing it with water. Even better, add onetablespoon of chia seeds to your water and let them sit for 30 minutes. Thechia seeds keep you even more hydrated than regular water.

6. Coffee Can Actually Cause Weight Gain

The blood sugar changes that a caffeinehigh produces can contribute enormously to a strong desire for it, according toiVillage. Coffee is also socially connected to food. For example, wepair coffee with dessert or that morning powdered doughnut. Additionally, whenwe crash from our caffeine high that’s when we reach for all sorts of fattysnacks to keep us going.

7. Conventional Coffee Is Laden withPesticides (杀虫剂)

The coffee plant is one of the most heavilysprayed crops. It’s coated with chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides, nothingyou’d want to be swallowing. If you do drink coffee, make sure that it’s theorganic variety, free from assorted chemicals that leech into our ground waterand can make us sick down the road.

If you switch to decaffeinated coffee, makesure the caffeine (咖啡因) is removed in a natural way without the use of chemicals to do it.Often times, conventional decaffeinated coffee has more chemicals than regular.

1.   If you want to decrease therisk of diabetes by 35%, you need to take at least _____ cups of    coffee every day.

2.If you are a heavy drinker of coffee, afar better way to avoid wrinkling of your skin is to drink water _____.

3.   Which of the followingstatements is wrong?

4.   The author has a/an _____attitude towards drinking of coffee.

试题答案

【答案】

1.A2.D3.B4.C 

【解析】略