Love Your Daily Coffee?

Well, you can love it even more now!

Coffee has amazing health benefits. Drinking just one cup of coffee a day can lead to a 6% reduced risk of early mortality.

Coffee contains soluble fiber which feeds bacteria in the large intestines. This same fiber also has beneficial effects on your heart and brain.

However, adding milk to your coffee actually makes the antioxidants less available to you. Decaf coffee has almost the same amount of polyphenols as caffeinated coffee- so you can choose to have whichever you like.

Here's what Coffee does within your body:

• Encourages autophagy which is the body's way of cleaning out damaged cells

• May extend lifespan by reducing risk of early death

• Contains pre-biotic fiber which promotes a healthy gut

• A great source of anti-oxidants in the form of polyphenols

• Increases focus, alertness, memory and overall cognitive performance

• Neuroprotective effects of coffee include reduced risk of Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease and MS.

Coffee Pro-tips:

Wait an hour after waking up to have your first cup of coffee. Cortisol (stress hormone) is the highest in the morning, and coffee increases it even more.

Drink it black- hot or iced doesn’t matter. But don’t add milk and get the complete benefits.

Don’t go overboard and drink 5 cups a day!

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