references
U.S. National Library of Medicine: "Caffeine"
PLOS One: "The Metabolic and Performance Effects of Caffeine Compared to Coffee during Endurance Exercise"
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research: "Efficacy of Acute Caffeine Ingestion for Short-Term High-Intensity Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review."
Psychopharmacology: "Caffeine As An Attention Enhancer: Reviewing Existing Assumptions"
Mayo Clinic: "Caffeine: How Much is Too Much?"
Journal of Nutrition: "Caffeine and Alcohol Intakes and Overall Nutrient Adequacy Are Associated with Longitudinal Cognitive Performance among U.S. Adults"
Nutrients: "Coffee Consumption and Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies"
Scientific Reports: "Habitual Coffee Consumption and Cognitive Function: a Mendelian Randomization Meta-Analysis in up to 415,530 Participants"
Circulation: "Association of Coffee Consumption With Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in 3 Large Prospective Cohorts"
British Journal of Nutrition: "Coffee Consumption and Total Mortality: a Meta-Analysis of Twenty Prospective Cohort Studies"
Antioxidants: "Antioxidant and Antiradical Activity of Coffee"
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry: "The Role of Antioxidants in the Chemistry of Oxidative Stress: A Review"
Harvard Health Publishing: "Foods That Fight Inflammation"
American Heart Association: "Is Coffee Good for You or Not?"
Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics: "Coffee Consumption and Coronary Heart Diseases: A Mini-Review"
Scientific Reports: "Caffeine Exposure Induces Browning Features in Adipose Tissue in Vitro and in Vivo"
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology: "Coffee consumption and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and total mortality: Does the brewing method matter?"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: "Synergistic Neuroprotection By Coffee Components Eicosanoyl-5-Hydroxytryptamide and Caffeine in Models of Parkinson's Disease and DLB"
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: "Phenolic Acid Subclasses, Individual Compounds, and Breast Cancer Risk in a Mediterranean Cohort: The SUN Project"
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: "Genetic Variation of Habitual Coffee Consumption and Glycemic Changes in Response to Weight-Loss Diet Intervention: The Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS LOST) Trial"
Nutrients: "The Acute Effects of Caffeinated Black Coffee on Cognition and Mood in Healthy Young and Older Adults"
PLOS One: "Gas Chromatography Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS)-Based Metabolomics for Comparison of Caffeinated and Decaffeinated Coffee and Its Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease"
British Journal of Sports Medicine: "Wake up and smell the coffee: caffeine supplementation and exercise performance—an umbrella review of 21 published meta-analyses"
Archives of Medical Science: "Can coffee consumption lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease? A literature review"
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine: "Effects of coffee consumption on glucose metabolism: A systematic review of clinical trials"
Food and Chemical Toxicology: "Systematic review of the potential adverse effects of caffeine consumption in healthy adults, pregnant women, adolescents, and children"
Circulation: Heart Failure: "Association Between Coffee Intake and Incident Heart Failure Risk"
Not only can coffee give you energy, it has some potential heart health benefits, too.
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Image Credit: Betsie Van der Meer/DigitalVision/GettyImages
- Energy
- Focus
- Longevity
- Cancer Risk
- Heart Health
- Diabetes
- Inflammation
- Weight Loss
- Decaf Coffee
- Buying Coffee Tips
- How to Brew Coffee
- Too Much Caffeine
Just remember to stick to no more than 400 milligrams of caffeine daily. Otherwise, it can have adverse effects on your blood pressure, heart rate and sleep.
Whether your goal is to lose weight or maintain your health, dousing your cup with sugar, artificial sweeteners and/or too much cream and flavored syrups can cause you to take in extra calories and chemicals — two things that ruin your coffee.
“There may be some undetermined benefit still present in decaf, but to harness the full health benefits, it appears regular coffee is the name of the game,” Moreno says.
Coffee's anti-inflammatory and health-promoting benefits deem it a smart daily drink — just avoid drinking more than 4 cups and adding sugar.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine: "Caffeine"
PLOS One: "The Metabolic and Performance Effects of Caffeine Compared to Coffee during Endurance Exercise"
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research: "Efficacy of Acute Caffeine Ingestion for Short-Term High-Intensity Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review."
Psychopharmacology: "Caffeine As An Attention Enhancer: Reviewing Existing Assumptions"
Mayo Clinic: "Caffeine: How Much is Too Much?"
Journal of Nutrition: "Caffeine and Alcohol Intakes and Overall Nutrient Adequacy Are Associated with Longitudinal Cognitive Performance among U.S. Adults"
Nutrients: "Coffee Consumption and Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies"
Scientific Reports: "Habitual Coffee Consumption and Cognitive Function: a Mendelian Randomization Meta-Analysis in up to 415,530 Participants"
Circulation: "Association of Coffee Consumption With Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in 3 Large Prospective Cohorts"
British Journal of Nutrition: "Coffee Consumption and Total Mortality: a Meta-Analysis of Twenty Prospective Cohort Studies"
Antioxidants: "Antioxidant and Antiradical Activity of Coffee"
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry: "The Role of Antioxidants in the Chemistry of Oxidative Stress: A Review"
Harvard Health Publishing: "Foods That Fight Inflammation"
American Heart Association: "Is Coffee Good for You or Not?"
Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics: "Coffee Consumption and Coronary Heart Diseases: A Mini-Review"
Scientific Reports: "Caffeine Exposure Induces Browning Features in Adipose Tissue in Vitro and in Vivo"
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology: "Coffee consumption and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and total mortality: Does the brewing method matter?"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: "Synergistic Neuroprotection By Coffee Components Eicosanoyl-5-Hydroxytryptamide and Caffeine in Models of Parkinson's Disease and DLB"
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: "Phenolic Acid Subclasses, Individual Compounds, and Breast Cancer Risk in a Mediterranean Cohort: The SUN Project"
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: "Genetic Variation of Habitual Coffee Consumption and Glycemic Changes in Response to Weight-Loss Diet Intervention: The Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS LOST) Trial"
Nutrients: "The Acute Effects of Caffeinated Black Coffee on Cognition and Mood in Healthy Young and Older Adults"
PLOS One: "Gas Chromatography Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS)-Based Metabolomics for Comparison of Caffeinated and Decaffeinated Coffee and Its Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease"
British Journal of Sports Medicine: "Wake up and smell the coffee: caffeine supplementation and exercise performance—an umbrella review of 21 published meta-analyses"
Archives of Medical Science: "Can coffee consumption lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease? A literature review"
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine: "Effects of coffee consumption on glucose metabolism: A systematic review of clinical trials"
Food and Chemical Toxicology: "Systematic review of the potential adverse effects of caffeine consumption in healthy adults, pregnant women, adolescents, and children"
Circulation: Heart Failure: "Association Between Coffee Intake and Incident Heart Failure Risk"
