Espresso Benefits to Your Health

Roasted coffee beans Español: Granos de café tostado (natural). Bahasa Indonesia: Biji kopi alami yang telah disangrai. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

There are probably hundreds of millions of people all over the world that wake up to a freshly brewed serving of a pot of coffee or espresso. If you are one of these people then you're probably going to be happy to find out that espresso is actually very good for your health. Coffee actually has some of the same benefits as well naturally, but we'll get to why some coffee drinkers are not reaping the full benefits of the coffee beverage that they love.



The Benefits

Scientists and researchers have done studies to indicate just how beneficial a cup of espresso or coffee in the morning can be. From the prevention of Parkinson's disease to lowering your chances of getting Diabetes and colon cancer, there are plenty of benefits from that caffeinated beverage in the morning. In addition, though, espresso and coffee drinkers are able to enjoy better overall mental performances as well as better immune system. But you may be wondering where all these benefits come from. After all, you've probably heard over and over that consuming too much coffee each day can actually be damaging to your heart.

The Source of the Benefits

However, there is one part of the coffee that is the best for your health as is described above and that is the fresh flavor that is derived from the coffee beans. The reason that the fresh flavor is the culprit of most of the health benefits is because the freshly brewed coffee beans contain very rich antioxidants that are great for your health. One of the reasons that espresso is even better for you than regular coffee is because that the steam that is pushed through the ground coffee beans occurs so quick that much of the flavor and antioxidants are in that single cup of espresso.

On the other hand, regular black coffee drinkers may gain some of the benefits from the antioxidants, although the most beneficial cup of coffee to your health that you will ever have is the first cup! After the first cup of the regular coffee is squeezed out then the benefits of the coffee diminish because there are less antioxidants in the second, third, or fourth cups!

Even though many people may disbelieve that espresso is good for your health, many researchers has shown that drinking at least one serving of the espresso a day can be beneficial to your health. However, having an espresso is good on one hand, but doctoring it up with all sorts of sweeteners, creams, and cinnamon is something that will simply lessen the effects of the good benefits of espresso. This is not to say that you can't have a sweetened espresso and maybe having more than 1 serving of espresso each day wouldn't be so bad after all. In this way one will be able to have all the good benefits of a regular espresso along with the good tasting stuff in one serving as well!

                                                                                                            - Mohammed Zahran -