17 Facts You Didn't Know About Coffee
Jul 08, 2014 21:38
You love coffee, and you can't live without it. It is the first drink you have in the morning. It's magical powers pick you right up and get you ready for the day ahead. As it turns out, there's more about coffee that most people didn't know about.
Your body produces cortisol in the morning, and it helps you feel alert and awake. Which means, you don't actually need coffee when you first wake up. The trick: wait a while longer so your caffeine isn't wasted during your body's highest cortisol levels.
Unless it’s consumed in large quantities (more than 500 to 600 mg a day, or two coffees) there aren’t such negative effects.
Ethiopian legends say that shepherds first realized the profound caffeinating effects of coffee when they noticed their goats started “dancing” after eating coffee berries.
Coffee contains lots of antioxidants that help the body fight chemicals called “free radicals.” Coffee drinkers are at a lower risk of diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease, Type II Diabetes, and Heart Disease.
A single cup of coffee contains 11% of the daily recommended amount of Riboflavin (vitamin B2), 6% of Pantothenic Acid (vitamin B5), 3% of Manganese and Potassium, and 2% of Niacin and Magnesium.
Drinking caffeine can increase your metabolism 3 to 11%. No reason to not drink up!
The Coffee Belt contains all of the regions that have the conditions needed for coffee growing.
The reason iced coffee is more expensive is because it needs more resources to make it. Plus, it's good business too.
Coffee berries are red and they grow on trees. They are berries before they become beans.
It only takes ten minutes to start feeling the effects of caffeine after you take a sip of coffee.
Coffee drinkers are up to 65% less likely to get Alzheimer’s Disease, which is a leading cause of dementia.
People who drink four cups of coffee a day are 80% less likely to develop liver cirrhosis.
A group of Cambridge university students created a camera to monitor their building's coffee pot back in 1991. And thus was born..the webcam!
In 1675 King Charles II banned coffee shops because he thought that that’s where people were meeting to conspire against him. Not because he didn't like the drink.
Caffeine increases your levels of adrenaline, and releases fatty acids from fat tissues, which means better workout performance. Have a cup before you work out!
1. You don’t need coffee when you first wake up.
Your body produces cortisol in the morning, and it helps you feel alert and awake. Which means, you don't actually need coffee when you first wake up. The trick: wait a while longer so your caffeine isn't wasted during your body's highest cortisol levels.
2. Coffee isn’t actually that dehydrating.
Unless it’s consumed in large quantities (more than 500 to 600 mg a day, or two coffees) there aren’t such negative effects.
3. You can thank goats for the discovery of coffee's magical powers
Ethiopian legends say that shepherds first realized the profound caffeinating effects of coffee when they noticed their goats started “dancing” after eating coffee berries.
4. You'll live longer and healthier
Coffee contains lots of antioxidants that help the body fight chemicals called “free radicals.” Coffee drinkers are at a lower risk of diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease, Type II Diabetes, and Heart Disease.
5. Coffee contains important nutrients you need to survive.
A single cup of coffee contains 11% of the daily recommended amount of Riboflavin (vitamin B2), 6% of Pantothenic Acid (vitamin B5), 3% of Manganese and Potassium, and 2% of Niacin and Magnesium.
6. Drinking coffee can help you burn fat.
Drinking caffeine can increase your metabolism 3 to 11%. No reason to not drink up!
7. All of the coffee grown on the planet is from an area called “The Coffee Belt.”
The Coffee Belt contains all of the regions that have the conditions needed for coffee growing.
8. Iced coffee is more expensive because it uses more resources.
The reason iced coffee is more expensive is because it needs more resources to make it. Plus, it's good business too.
9. Caffeine is actually crystals.
The buzz you feel after drinking coffee is actually from ingesting tiny 0.0016-inch crystals of caffeine.10. Coffee is a red berry before it’s a bean.
Coffee berries are red and they grow on trees. They are berries before they become beans.
11. Caffeine starts working quickly.
It only takes ten minutes to start feeling the effects of caffeine after you take a sip of coffee.
12. Coffee can help prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Coffee drinkers are up to 65% less likely to get Alzheimer’s Disease, which is a leading cause of dementia.
13. Black Ivory coffee is the most expensive kind of coffee on Earth, and it’s made from poop.
Yuck? Black Ivory coffee is made from elephant dung. It costs $50 per cup. Luwak, aka civet, coffee is made by feeding coffee beans to mongoose and then using its feces. It costs $160 per pound.14. Coffee is good for your liver.
People who drink four cups of coffee a day are 80% less likely to develop liver cirrhosis.
15. The first webcam in the world was made for coffee.
A group of Cambridge university students created a camera to monitor their building's coffee pot back in 1991. And thus was born..the webcam!
16. Coffee houses were banned in England because that's where all the cool kids were drinking.
In 1675 King Charles II banned coffee shops because he thought that that’s where people were meeting to conspire against him. Not because he didn't like the drink.
17. Caffeine improves your performance when working out.
Caffeine increases your levels of adrenaline, and releases fatty acids from fat tissues, which means better workout performance. Have a cup before you work out!
