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More and more studies are being published proving what we — and many of you —have known for a long time. That there are many significant health benefits to drinking coffee.
In a very well-researched article for FitnessRx magazine, Shoshana Pritzker calls coffee the “healthiest beverage in the world.” She states that coffee is “loaded with polyphenolic compounds and cancer fighting agents,” and that it “lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, liver toxicity, and type 2 diabetes.”
The polyphenols in coffee (mostly chlorogenic acid) are the keys to coffee’s high antioxidant value. Polyphenols “act as antioxidants in the body, playing a role in the protection of the cell against free radical damage and tissue damage from reactive atoms,” Pritzker writes.
The article is written from a women’s fitness point of view, but it is a detailed and fascinating read for any coffee drinker.
Read the entire article (1.4 MB PDF file)
