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The Good and Bad Points Of Coffee
Every day people around the world
drink millions of cups of coffee. It has become a staple of life. We see a
Star Bucks on every corner. Is coffee really this good or is it so
addictive? I think it is both really. I think good coffee almost has a sexy
taste to it. It tastes rich and full bodied. Not many things can compare to
it. Maybe chocolate, but that is another article all together. You love to
drink coffee. You love a good cup of steaming hot Joe on a cold morning.
Watching the steam come off the coffee as it snows outside is a very
relaxing thought. Is coffee good or bad for you? Well, I think it depends on
who you ask.
Usually what you will find is these scientists are paid by a company that
wants to prove a point. Simply put, they pay the scientists off.
As in all things, you must drink coffee in moderation. A cup or two each day
isn't going to be bad for you. If on the other hand you are drinking a pot
every hour, you know that it will have an effect on you. I have known people
who drink coffee like this. They drink it from the time they wake up to the
time they go to bed. This is common in alcoholics.
Let's talk about some of the bad
things about coffee.
Coffee stains your teeth.
We all know what the color of coffee stained teeth are. It is up there
with cigarette smoke stained teeth. You can buy things to whiten your teeth.
I would suggest though that instead of trying to whiten your teeth, you cut
back a little on the brew.
Bad breath.
Have you ever had a whiff of the breath of someone who is a heavy coffee
drinker? It smells horrible. I would rather smell shit with flies buzzing
around it.
It raises stress levels.
Too much coffee can raise anxiety levels. When this happens, you can
become stressed out. This shouldn't be news to you. Have you ever seen how
much a person shakes after they drink too much coffee?
It can raise the risk of a heart attack.
While science is still somewhat out on this, it shouldn't be much of a
surprise. If it elevates the heart and blood pressure, too much of it can't
be a good thing.
Sterility.
Yes, it can effect the little guys swimming in your semen. It can
actually lower your sperm count. I know that may sound too weird to be true,
but it is.
Stomach problems.
People who drink too much coffee may have some stomach problems. The
caffeine irrates the lining of the stomach.
Here are some of the benefits of coffee.
It prevents prostate cancer.
This is too weird, but it is true. Coffee contains boron, which is a
chemical that helps curb prostate cancer.
It is a good social drink.
You don't drink alcohol? Well, people go to the coffee house to chat all the
time. A cup of coffee could be a good reason to go out and meet new people.
A cup once and while can't hurt. You never know, you might meet a good
friend over that cup of Joe.
It helps wash down a meal. In many cultures it is impolite to either start a
meal or finish one without having a cup of coffee. No one is certain that
coffee actually helps the digestion process, but it sure tastes good after a
meal.
As with all things in life, you need to do things in moderation. If you feel
that you are over doing it, you need to cut back on the coffee. I know that
coffee might taste good, but in the long run you are doing yourself more
harm than good. Just keep in mind that one or two cups per day isn't going
to hurt you.
Diet Comparisons
Probably the most important things
people want to know when they think the time has come (again) to cut some of
the daily food intake is which diet is the best. Although we are all
different beings, we all share the same goal: a diet that can make us thin
in no time at all. Some sort of miracle pill or eating plan that makes fat
go away and never ever return. That’s actually the second part of the big
wish: how to make sure that all the weight lost through dieting stays lost
through the years.
The more diets published in magazines and on the Internet, the more people
are confused about what dieting really means and about the right way of
bringing your body back in shape. The growing number of overweight people
has turned weight loss into an industry like never before and the market is
growing every year. It seems that nowadays all one needs is a fashionable
idea and a flair for marketing in order to make a lot of money or garner a
lot of popularity by proposing some sort of weird diet, despite the lack of
professional expertise in this field.
And there is a LOT of diets out there. We’re going to go here only through
the best-known diets, since a review of all the diets floating around the
industry would be beyond the scope of this article.
So let’s start with one of the latest fads of the dieting world: the Atkins
diet. Pretty much everybody’s head of the Atkins diet, largely due to the
flood of articles praising the extraordinary results, not to mention the
loads of good mail from satisfied customers. The biggest thing in favor of
this diet is that it lets you eat high fat dairy products like cheese and
butter. However, the Atkins diet has fallen from its lofty perch over
suspicions of increasing the risk of heart diseases, not to mention the
proved fact that bigger number of followers complain of diarrhea, weakness,
muscle cramps and rashes. The debate over the scientific fundamentals of
this diet is still raging.
Next comes the Zone diet; another well-known eating plan. This diet is the
brainchild of Barry Sears and it’s all about eating the right mix of foods
in order to reach the proper hormonal balance. This state of balance, which
is called the “Zone”, lets the body take in calories and use them through
the day without putting anything aside as fat. Unfortunately, this diet does
some serious discrimination among foods without any scientific basis.
Starchy vegetables, whole grains and beans are banned, although these foods
are not in conflict with the principles of the diet. The American Heart
Association says the Zone diet lacks essential nutrients while promoting
high-protein foods.
The Jenny Craig diet is next on the list. One of the longest running diets,
Jenny Craig started this business in the early 1980s and it’s still around.
The basic idea of this diet is a trade off: you don’t have to choose
recipes, do the shopping and the cooking, but you have to buy the Jenny
Craig prepackaged food. And that runs to some $100 per week. Plus the
membership costs. Plus the vegetables and fruits which are not included in
the prepackaged food. If you can afford it and if you can stick to it, the
diet is pretty good. However, similar low-calorie foods can be bought at the
grocery store and you don’t have to discuss this with a Jenny Craig expert
that insists on your eating the prepackaged food because he gets a
percentage of the sale price.
From sunny Florida comes the South Beach diet. This one has the right idea
and wrong approach combination down pat. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of people
have managed to lose weight with this diet and it actually works. But the
question is: can you really stick to it? The first phase of the diet will
eliminate most foods containing carbohydrates from your daily consumption.
Fortunately, this phase lasts two weeks. Unfortunately, second phase focuses
on a half-hearted return of whole grains and fruits and lasts… as long as
necessary. If reaching the desired weight takes you one year, then that’s
exactly how long this phase is going to last. And if you don’t like the
foods allowed by this diet then you’re out of luck. There are no
alternatives.
And yet another veteran dieting program around is Weight Watchers. This is
actually one of the best diets around because it puts all the management
tools in the hands of the user. If you are really committed to losing
weight, you have all the information you need to do it. And a lot of people
who are going through the same thing are going to be there to help you. If
having company during difficult times helps your willpower, then you are
probably going to lose all that extra weight. If, on the other hand, you
don’t like the idea of being constantly under peer pressure, then this diet
is not for you.
As you can see from this short review, there are a lot of diets out there,
dozens more than we’ve been able to cover here. The best thing to do when
choosing a diet is to do as much research about it as possible. See what
people who tried it have to say. Then see what doctors and dietitians have
to say about it. Between those singing praises and those trying to prove the
diet wrong you can probably get the truth yourself. Still, pay special
attention to what the doctors have to say. If they tell you a certain diet
will put your body to risk then think twice before trying it.
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