The Health Benefits of Coffee

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In 1696, the first American coffee house, “The King’s Arms” opened. This was the beginning of coffee consumption in America that eventually evolved into the coffee-drinking society that can be seen today. The coffee plant was “was discovered in Ethiopia in the 11th Century, has a white blossom that smells like jasmine and a red, cherry-like fruit.” While coffee and caffeine in general have gotten a bad reputation in recent history for “stunting growth” and causing other health problems, new studies are beginning to show that the opposite may be true. Coffee holds enormous health benefits, including protecting the body against cancer, preventing obesity and type II diabetes, and delaying the onset of dementia. Coffee has been shown in numerous studies to significantly decrease one’s risk of cancer. Cancerous cells grow uncontrollably and without treatment, will cause death. Even the treatments, however, are agonizing and potentially dangerous, so prevention against cancer is by far the wisest course of action. According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, “Two new studies show that regular coffee drinking is associated with less risk of skin or colon cancer—and we’re not talking about just one cup! Rather, drinking three to more than six cups of coffee a day appear to be most beneficial for cancer prevention.” Clearly, while the amount of coffee necessary to be optimally effective is quite large, drinking coffee is an effective way of preventing skin and colon cancer. An even more well-known form of cancer that is warded off by coffee consumption is prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is a relatively common form of cancer, so preventing this disease would be extremely beneficial. According to a study published through NBC news, “Men who drank the most coffee, six cups or more daily, had a 60 percent lower risk of developing lethal prostate cancer — and 20

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