Nothing to Worry about Your Coffee Habit

Your Coffee Habit

Do you ever think like there is a worldwide anti-coffee plan trying to spoil your morning (or afternoon) brew? The caffeine dependent can take heart, because a new research has just knocked another leg out from under the haters’ high horse. Researchers found that reasonable coffee drinking (the subjects drank four cups a day) is not linked to dehydration. Researchers examined 50 men over the course of two three-day trials and found that their hydration levels stayed the same whether they drank coffee or an equivalent amount of water. So if you’re feeling parched after a mid-afternoon coffee run, the potato chips you snagged from the vending machine are more likely to responsibility. And the dehydration myth is not the only one worth ditching. Grab a cup, guilt-free, and read on as we myth-not working.

MYTH: Coffee is addictive. 

Whereas caffeine is a stimulant and may cause psychological or physical dependence, it is not addictive in the same way opiates, cigarettes, or other health and wellbeing-threatening substances are. You’ll never hear a cappuccino-lover absolute the words, “I rosy my whole life down the toilet, and over what? COFFEE!” Sudden withdrawal from caffeine can be distasteful for a couple of days, but quitting gradually tends to alleviate potential side effects.

This type of Coffee is bad for your heart. Nope! Researchers have found no increased risk of heart disease linked with drinking less than six cups of coffee a day. In fact, some studies have linked a lower risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease with regular coffee use.

MYTH: Coffee causes cancer. This one’s has been kicking around since 1981, when a research came out linking coffee to pancreatic cancer, stoking fears about coffee’s health risks. According the American Cancer Society, that data has not held up. More fresh research has suggested that coffee is protective against certain types of cancer as well as endometrial, some forms of breast cancer, and liver cancer.

MYTH: Coffee inhibits kids’ growth. While children are sensitive to caffeine and it may contribute to anxiety, sleeplessness and other disorders, there is no hard proof that it stunts growth. This notion may have come from the fact that caffeine does leach calcium from the bones. Though, studies have shown getting enough calcium and Vitamin D and sticking to under 3 small cup days offsets those losses.

Consultant advise pregnant women to avoid coffee because the fetus metabolizes caffeine gradually and it can also trigger acid reflux. The rest of us can relax when we say, “Make mine a grande.”