5 Reasons Why You Should Drink Coffee

“Coffee drinking has been associated with some positive health benefits, and we have not been able to find much wrong with drinking moderate amounts,” nutritionist Lisa R. Young, author ofThe Portion Teller Plan, tells TakePart.com.

#1 Antioxidants

- Study made back in 2005 ended with a conclusion that "nothing else comes close to providing as many antioxidants as coffee". Fruits and vegetables also contain tons of antioxidants but the human body seems to absorb the most from coffee.

#2 Stress Reducer

Just the smell of coffee can make you less stressed. This conclusion has been made by The National University in Seoul discovered that those who were exposed to coffee aromas experienced changes in brain proteins tied to that stress.

#3 Good for you liver ( Cheers )

A study made with 125,000 people for more than 22 years ended with a conclusion that drinking one cup of coffee every day reduces with around 20% the chance of developing liver cirrhosis. 

Arthur L Klatsky said "Consuming coffee seems to have some protective benefits against alcoholic cirrhosis, and the more coffee a person consumes the less risk they seem to have of being hospitalised or dying of alcoholic cirrhosis."

#4 Essential Nutrients

One cup of coffee contains:

1. Manganese and Potassium: 3% of the RDA.
2. Magnesium and Niacin (B3): 2% of the RDA.
3. Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5): 6% of the RDA.
4. Riboflavin (Vitamin B2): 11% of the RDA.

#5 Coffee is healthy for your Heart

A Dutch study, which analyzed data from around 37,000 people for more than 13 years, found that coffee drinkers ( consuming between two or four cups daily ) had a 20% lower risk of heart disease compared to non drinkers.