Who does not know that one drink is. Coffee has a delicious flavor and aroma sehinnga many people who drink coffee regularly. But in addition to good taste, coffee drunk with portion wise, is believed to have health benefits (Read: Coffee Strengthens Memory).
However, coffee with caffeine content attribute it also has its own health risks. Is not only risky than disrupt the quality of sleep a night, but the coffee is also known as the cause of several diseases, including:
Osteoporosis
Coffee with caffeine, can increase heart rate. The more often the heart beats, the heart muscle needs to be calcium also increased, this is because calcium is a substance that is essential to produce muscle contraction. Well, the use of excess calcium is often problematic, increased utilization of calcium by the heart muscle causes the body we must have another source of calcium, which in turn broken right off the bone.
Annoying Female Fertility
The relationship between coffee and fertility remains controversial. However, there are some studies that show that high caffeine consumption may reduce fertility in women / slow conception. According to research conducted at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, caffeine can reduce the ability of contraction (movement) of muscles in the fallopian tube (the tube that delivers eggs from the ovaries to the uterus). If you are planning to become pregnant, should avoid foods / drinks high in caffeine, alcohol, and cigarettes.
Coffee and Cholesterol
coffee, filter, kolesterolBeberapa studies have shown that coffee can raise cholesterol levels. But reportedly, this is related to the factor of the type of coffee that can improve cholesterol levels, and not everyone has the same level of vulnerability in improving cholesterol levels after drinking coffee.
There are certain types of coffee can raise cholesterol. Unfiltered coffee (unfiltered) higher raise cholesterol in compare filtered coffee (filtered). Cafestol is a component contained in coffee can raise cholesterol levels by interfering with the metabolism of cholesterol through the disruption to the receptors in the gut.
However, unfiltered coffee has less effect on heart health and cholesterol increase compared with smoking, high blood pressure, and obesity. So if you want to reduce cholesterol is not enough to reduce the consumption of coffee. Lifestyle changes such as maintaining a low-fat diet saturation, and regular exercise plays a more important.
Coffee and Uric Acid
After understanding the relationship of coffee with cholesterol, how the relationship of coffee with gout? Uric acid is a product of purine metabolism results are processed in the liver. Purines derived from the protein overhaul.
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In someone with gout, uric acid levels in the blood are very high. The basic ingredients are contained in coffee or tea is caffeine. Caffeine is a group of chemicals called xanthine.
Xanthine stimulates the nervous system and makes a person feel alert and can not sleep. Purine xanthine not. Xanthine levels in coffee is so low that its contribution in increasing the levels of purines into uric acid is very small.
