This research shows that regular coffee consumptions slightly lowers
diabetes risk, but the researchers only seem capable of guessing at one
ingredient as the cause: caffeine. The fact is, the coffee bean is a
tropical plant and is loaded with a vast spectrum of phytonutrients that
probably offers a protective effect to the pancreas. Caffeine very
likely has nothing to do with it.
What the study doesn't say, by the
way, is that coffee is one of the most expensive ways to get
health-enhancing nutrients into your body. Typically coffee is mostly
water. A much better way to improve your health using tropical plants is
to take supplements of Amazon herbs, which can be purchased from a
variety of online sources. Another way is to eat nutrient-dense
superfoods such as chlorella, spirulina or wheat grass juice. Ounce per
ounce, these superfoods are no more expensive than coffee, and yet they
pack in probably tens of thousands of times as much nutrition at the
molecular level.
Finally, the study doesn't mention that coffee has
a variety of highly destructive effects on the human body, too, such as
leeching minerals from bones due to coffee's high acidity. Nor does it
mention that many people use extremely unhealthy creamers in their
coffee: a product often made with hydrogenated oils that are well known
to contribute to heart disease. The bottom line? Coffee in the real
world, not the lab, is more like a junk food than a health food, and its
addiction properties make it a poor choice for people seeking balance
and health. And the way most people drink it, coffee probably promotes
heart disease.
About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate and award-winning journalist with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In mid 2010, Adams produced NaturalNews.TV, a natural health video sharing website offering user-generated videos on nutrition, green living, fitness and more. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder of a well known HTML email software company whose 'Email Marketing Director' software currently runs the NaturalNews subscription database. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. He's also author a large number of health books offered by Truth Publishing and is the creator of numerous reference website including NaturalPedia.com and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. His websites also include the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the innate healing ability of the human body. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
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