Coffee, the ultimate superfood backed by science
I love my morning coffee but I wasn’t enjoying the after affects- jittery, anxious, tummy reactions, sudden drop in energy. I was also conscious of the additives and general nasties (mould, pesticides, yeasts, heavy metals) which coffee can contain!
I did some research and stumbled across EXHALE COFFEE. A Family run business launched in London 2020, their organic coffee was produced (check the link for full story) with a focus on health, sustainability and taste!
My results? - Jitter free, improved gut health, mental and physical clarity thanks to the polyphenal levels and anti oxidants not to mention its extremely tasty and actually tastes of coffee.
Try it and let me know what you think!
Paula x
The Epidemiology
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks on earth, with around 95 million cups consumed every day in the UK alone. It should come as no surprise then that it's also one of the most studied, with 8,420 reports published in the last decade alone.
Most of these studies have been epidemiological or observational in nature, meaning they look for associations between drinking coffee and specific health outcomes. Some studies are huge, with over a million participants spanning multiple decades. The good news is that the overwhelming majority conclude that coffee is good for your health and associated with a reduced risk of contracting some of the world's worst diseases (1).
The Mechanisms
More recently, research has been undertaken examining the mechanisms behind the health benefits of coffee. Scientists have proven coffee drinkers have lower levels of Tumour Necrosis Factor - Alpha (2,3), lower levels of C-reactive protein (4), higher levels of adiponectin (5) and longer Telomeres (6,7).
They have found compounds in coffee that are 'potent' inhibitors of your Sirtuins (8) and others that 'significantly inhibit' DNA Methylation (9). Now, none of that may mean anything to you, but together with the epidemiological studies they present a convincing case to support our theory that coffee is the ultimate 'superfood'.