By James GallagherHealth editor, BBC News website copyright Thinkstock A cup of coffee in the evening may be keeping you awake for more reasons than you realise, scientists say. Their study, in Science Translation Medicine, showed caffeine was more than just a stimulant and actually slowed down the body's internal clock. A double espresso three hours before bedtime delayed the production of the sleep hormone melatonin by about 40 minutes, making it harder to nod off. Experts said our own actions had a huge influence on sleep and the body clock. One of the researchers, Dr John O'Neill, from the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, told the BBC News website: "If you're tired and having a coffee...
By Dan Wighton Coffee goes straight through you. And usually, it takes whatever else you have in your stomach with it. But while scientists and coffee drinkers have known of this phenomenon for decades, there is still plenty we don’t understand about why a coffee makes you poo – only that it does. What coffee does beyond your taste-budsCoffee contains the natural compound chlorogenic acid, found in both green and roasted coffee. It exists naturally in coffee, and inside the stomach, goes on to produce gastric acid. When extra gastric acid is produced, the stomach will push its contents out and into the intestines. However, this is only part of the process, and doesn’t explain why coffee leads to such...
behance.net Ahhh - your truest love. The one who wakes you in the morning, the one who motivates you to face the world, the one who warms your very soul - the one without whom the world would cease to have meaning, and the sun would refuse to shine as brightly. Oh yes - you know as well we we do we're talking about your secret Colombian lover - coffee. This elixir of life whose very aroma is enough to send you into thralls of ecstasy. For all it does for you - don't you think your cup of coffee deserves to know how you feel really about it? behance.net For all of us who...
by Brendan Mohler Do you typically drink coffee before a round of golf? If so, an Auburn University study has good news for you. And if you're not a coffee-drinking golfer, you may want to reconsider your pre-round beverage. The study, cited by Reuters, concluded that coffee in moderate dosage can knock two strokes off the score of collegiate golfers. The study involved 12 male golfers with handicaps between three and 18 and was held over two consecutive days. Each golfer played two 18-hole competitive rounds, one each on consecutive days. Each player each took either a 155-milligram caffeine supplement or a placebo before their tee times, and another after nine holes. They also took three energy and mood...
By Dr. Mercola Nearly 60 percent of Americans drink coffee, and for many the habit is a daily one.1 Coffee drinking has long been viewed as more of a vice or a crutch to get a quick energy boost to power through the day, but this view is now changing as the health benefits of coffee continue to be revealed. This is good news for those of you who sip on a cup of joe in the morning, as it turns out this may be a quite healthy way to start your day.However, please remember that coffee is one of the most heavily pesticide sprayed crops in the world. If you drink it please be sure to get organic...
