Know the link between coffee and inflammation


Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide by a number of people. It is claimed to have a long list of beneficial compounds that will help you to maintain optimal health and protect you from certain health issues. Many people wonder that the fact behind reducing inflammation through coffee is true or not.

Commercially available regular coffee contains some of the complex mixtures of active compounds. These active compounds include caffeine, chlorogenic acid, cafestol and trigonelline. Although decaffeinated coffees are also available in the market, they contain some of that compounds and no caffeine.

Certain scientific studies reveal that compounds present in coffee have potent antioxidant and anti inflammatory properties that will surely benefit your health. Health experts believe that the presence of these compounds may explain the habit of drinking coffee.

• Effect of coffee on inflammation.

Several studies in human trials reveal that coffee may help to reduce inflammation in certain individuals.

During a human trial, it was found that regular coffee drinkers have lower levels of inflammatory makers and risk as compared to non regular drinkers. It is an estimation that regular coffee drinkers experience about 6% increase in their inflammatory maker levels when asked to leave drinking coffee for about one month.

It’s uncommon conclusion taken from several studies. That high coffee intake regularly probably reduces the amount of inflammatory risks.

But certain studies also suggest that coffee may increase inflammation in some people. This clearly points out towards the fact that the effect of coffee on inflammation may differ from person to person. Several individual differences such as genetics environment or other health related issues may effect the extent of impact on inflammation.

It is scientifically proven that inflammation is one of the leading reasons of several health issues. Some of the leading health effects include frequent infections, fatigue, pain, digestive problems. The anti inflammatory properties help in fighting free radicals that react with substances in body to harm.

• Conclusion drawn.

After going this much amount of studies and researches with evidence, we can conclude that. Coffee is a popular beverage that have a good amount of antioxidant and other beneficial compounds in it. But the effect of coffee, whether positive or negative, on inflammation depends from person to person. But it is sure that it may lower down the risk of certain conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and sometime cancer too.

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