The benefits of long-term coffee drinking

Coffee beans are taken from the fruit of the coffee tree. They are red in color and belong to the fire element. They enter the heart, have a bitter and scorching taste, and enter the large intestine. They are pungent, sweet, bitter, and astringent in nature. They are scorched and dry when fried. The sweet taste has a nourishing and soothing effect, which can relieve pain. The pungent taste has a dispersing and qi-moving effect, which can pass through the brain-blood barrier and treat superficial wind-heat and headaches. The bitter taste has a drying and purgative effect, which can treat heat or dampness.

15 health benefits of coffee from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine:

1. Refresh your mind

Caffeine is spicy and aromatic in nature. It can easily pass through the blood-brain barrier, stimulate the central nervous system, promote brain activity, make the mind more clear, the reaction more lively and sensitive, the thinking ability is sufficient, the attention is focused, and the work efficiency is improved; it can stimulate the cerebral cortex, promote sensation, judgment and enhance memory.

2. Strengthen bones and muscles, and benefit waist and knees

Caffeine can make muscles contract freely, increase tendon strength, lower motor threshold, increase body sensitivity and improve motor function.

3. Appetizers and staple foods

Caffeine can stimulate the sympathetic nerves, stimulate the gastrointestinal tract to secrete gastric acid, promote digestion, prevent bloating and gastroptosis, and promote gastrointestinal hormones and peristaltic hormones, resulting in rapid bowel movements.

4. Eliminate fat and eliminate accumulation

Caffeine can accelerate fat decomposition, increase the body's metabolic rate, increase heat energy consumption, help reduce fat and tighten the skin. In addition, bathing with coffee powder is an excellent warm therapy that helps lose weight.

5. Clear the orifices and remove dampness

Caffeine can promote kidney function, excrete excess sodium ions from the body, increase urine output, improve abdominal bloating and edema, and help lose weight.

6. Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis

The linoleic acid contained in coffee can dissolve blood and prevent thrombosis, enhance vasoconstriction, promote blood circulation, and relieve headaches caused by vasodilation, especially migraines. It also promotes venous return, moisturizes the skin, restores skin elasticity, and prevents cardiovascular diseases.

7. Extinguish wind and stop convulsions

Coffee can accelerate the metabolism of cholesterol, reduce coronary atherosclerosis and reduce the risk of stroke.

8. Joyful Color

Drinking coffee in moderation regularly can make people excited, happy, put aside worries and depression, relieve stress and relax the body and mind.

9. Soothe the lungs and relieve asthma

Caffeine promotes the sympathetic nerves and inhibits the parasympathetic nerves, thus preventing asthma attacks caused by parasympathetic nerve excitement.

10. Drying dampness and deodorizing

Caffeine contains tannins, which can deodorize and eliminate the smell of garlic and meat.

11. Coffee can help you sober up

Drinking coffee after drinking alcohol will cause the acetaldehyde converted from alcohol to quickly oxidize, decompose into water and carbon dioxide and be excreted from the body.

12. Three cups of coffee a day can prevent gallstones

Caffeinated coffee can stimulate gallbladder contraction and reduce the formation of gallstones in bile. Men who drink two to three cups of coffee a day have a 40% lower chance of getting gallstones.

13. Prevent dry eyes among computer users

The report points out that coffee drinkers are significantly less likely to suffer from dry eyes than non-coffee drinkers. This is mainly due to the purine component in coffee (the purine component in eye drops can stimulate glands to secrete fluid, thus protecting the eyes). This is certainly good news for computer users who love coffee.

14. Pain relief

For example, headaches caused by a bad night's sleep, or pain in the temples due to vasoconstriction, these pains caused by non-organic factors can be relieved by coffee. It is recommended to drink it in the morning or at noon.

15. Anti-aging

The dark color and bitter taste are because coffee is rich in antioxidants. In recent years, foods with antioxidant functions have become popular in the market. Vegetables and fruits that are rich in vitamins A, C, and B, as well as tea, which is quite popular in Japan, are considered healthy foods because they are rich in antioxidants. A research report pointed out that coffee contains 4 times more antioxidants than tea, which can resist free radicals.

There are many benefits of coffee, here are 9 important ones you must know:

Drinking coffee is good for your skin

Coffee can accelerate the metabolism of the skin, accelerate the excretion of waste keratin from the skin, and reduce dark circles caused by poor circulation. In addition, it has an antioxidant effect. Drinking coffee regularly can keep skin cells full of vitality and prevent cell oxidation, thus fighting aging.

[Drinking coffee can prevent and fight cancer]

The polyphenols contained in coffee are a strong antioxidant. Drinking some coffee every day has a certain effect on cancer prevention and treatment.

Women who drank more than three cups of caffeinated coffee a day had a 21% lower risk of basal cell carcinoma than those who drank less than one cup a month. Caffeine can also inhibit tumor growth.

If women drink four cups of coffee a day, the incidence of breast cancer will be reduced by 25%-70%, even for women with a family history of breast cancer. This is because coffee can reduce the production of estrogen, which has a carcinogenic effect.

[Drinking coffee after meals nourishes the stomach and aids digestion]

Drinking coffee after a meal is good for stomach health. But on the other hand, if you drink coffee on an empty stomach, the secreted gastric juice will damage the gastric mucosa, thus damaging stomach health.

People who love meat are best to drink a cup of coffee after a meal, which has a good effect of removing greasiness and aiding digestion. In addition, the content of soluble dietary fiber in coffee is higher than that in orange juice, and caffeine can also stimulate the intestines to speed up peristalsis. Therefore, drinking coffee has the effect of relieving constipation.

Drinking coffee protects your liver

In recent years, more and more evidence has shown that coffee can reduce the risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer. The polyphenols rich in coffee also have a protective effect on the liver. It is recommended that hepatitis patients drink some coffee every day, which is very beneficial for the repair of liver cells. Drinking coffee can also help people who are alcoholics, overweight, have diabetes or iron overload reduce the risk of liver disease, but there is no evidence that coffee and tea can reduce people's risk of chronic liver disease due to fatty liver or viral hepatitis.

Drinking coffee can prevent radiation damage

Radiation damage has become a prominent pollution and hazard at present, especially the radiation from household appliances, such as computers, microwave ovens, and televisions that are operated for a long time. Studies have clearly shown that coffee can help prevent radiation damage.

Drinking coffee can relieve sports soreness

Drinking two cups of coffee after exercise can help relieve muscle soreness. A research report pointed out that drinking coffee can help people relieve muscle pain caused by excessive exercise. It is worth noting that although caffeine has the effect of relieving exercise pain, it is often only effective for people who do not drink coffee often.

【Drinking coffee can help sober you up】

Chlorogenic acid in coffee can prevent alcohol poisoning. Drinking a moderate amount of coffee after drinking alcohol can quickly oxidize acetaldehyde converted from alcohol, decompose it into water and carbon dioxide and excrete it from the body.

[Drinking coffee can prevent gallstones]

Some studies suggest that caffeinated coffee can stimulate gallbladder contraction and reduce the cholesterol in bile that is prone to form gallstones, thereby reducing people's risk of developing the most common gallstone disease.

Drinking coffee to prevent depression

People who drink coffee regularly feel happier, less irritable, and better in mood. Studies have shown that drinking a cup of coffee can really calm you down when you are irritable or depressed.