The Effects of Coffee

The Medical Advantages and

Damages From Coffee Consumption
 Overview
• What are the damages • What is the amount of
caused by coffee cups necessary to gain
drinking? these changes?
• What is the amount of • What is it in the coffee
cups necessary to that makes these
cause these damages? effects on your body?
• What are the medical • Conclusion
advantages gained by
coffee drinking?
 The Damages
• Causes increase in
cholesterol levels (boiled
coffee raises levels higher
than filtered coffee)
• Increases risk of acute
myocardial infarction
• Increases risk of urinary
bladder cancer
• Decreases fetal birth
weight when consumed by
a pregnant mother
• Fetal heart rate,
respiration maternal/ fetal
anemia all increase
• Increases blood pressure
• Increases risk of
psychological conditions
such as depression,
anxiety disorders, PMS
 Amount of Cups Necessary
• Moderate coffee drinking has shown no
effects on blood pressure, birth weight, or
any other defect.
• Large intake will begin to show more side
effects.
 The Advantages
• Coffee consumption can lower your risks of
receiving type 2 diabetes.
• The caffeine increases the metabolic rate,
and therefore can contribute to the removal
of carbohydrates and fats.
• The potassium, magnesium and
antioxidants in coffee can improve glucose
metabolism.
 Amount of Cups Necessary
1.2 • As the chart shows,
1 the more coffee you
0.8
drink the lower your
Men
risks are for contracted
0.6
Women type 2 diabetes.
0.4
3-D However the risks
Column 3
0.2 decrease more for men
0 rather than women.
0 1 to 3 6 or
more
 Cups Per Day
• This chart shows the
general amount of
cups of coffee that
people drink every
day. It gives the idea
that changes in the
body caused by coffee
drinking are rare due
to the low percentage
over 4 cups a day.
 Myths About Coffee Drinking
• Rumors have been said that too much coffee
drinking will cause duodenal ulcer and ulcerative
colitis, however research shows that there is not
relation between ulcers and ingestion of coffee.
• People sometimes say that you should give a
drunk person coffee to sober them up, however
coffee will only make a sober person feel awake.
The level of alcohol in there system will remain
the same whether or not an intoxicated person
drinks coffee.
What Is It In Coffee That Causes
These Changes?
• The caffeine in the coffee is the number one
chemical that causes metabolic rate,
“jitteriness”, high blood pressure, low birth
weight, etc.
• The potassium, magnesium and
antioxidants are what help glucose
metabolism.
 Conclusion
• I don’t believe that coffee is a harmful substance.
Unless the person drinks 7 to 8 cups of coffee per
day, there should be no side effects other than the
occasional “jitteriness”, or minor anxiety. If you
experience muscle spasms, heart palpitations, or
trouble sleeping, decaffeinated coffee would be a
sensible transition. Coffee drinking in moderation
is almost always harmless. Coffee drinking in
large amounts has its advantages as well as
disadvantages, however the damages are more
likely to happen.
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