humz.eu.org - Starting the day with a coffee cup is undoubtedly a mandatory thing for some people because coffee can make them alert and immediately awake to go through the day. Besides, drinking a coffee cup in the morning as a friend for breakfast is also a fun and healthy habit, because it turns out that there are many benefits to the health of the body and mind when we start the day by drinking a cup of coffee. Here are some of the benefits of a cup of coffee to start the day.
1. Improve brain function
Coffee contains caffeine, which is a stimulant. This means that the caffeine in the coffee we drink is immediately absorbed into the bloodstream. It moves to the brain as soon as someone drinks coffee. In effect, drinking coffee can improve brain function, including memory, alertness, focus, and the ability to respond to something.
2. Helps burn fat
Drinking coffee in the morning is also good for the body's metabolism. Caffeine in coffee is known to increase the body's metabolism because it produces energy and a little heat, which will make the process of digesting food and burning fat in the body faster than usual. Caffeine stimulates the nervous system and also signals fat cells to break down fat in the body immediately. Research shows that drinking caffeinated intake can increase the metabolic rate, which plays a role in burning fat by 3-11 percent. Another study revealed caffeine's effect in helping burn fat more effectively in thin people than obese people. Nutritionist Sarah Flower says that a daily cup of coffee can help increase metabolic rate by stimulating thermogenesis, thereby helping to burn more fat. In addition, drinking coffee in the morning can also help you lose weight. The content of chlorogenic acid in coffee is known to be useful for slowing down the absorption of carbohydrates and breaking down fat, which will make your appetite decrease. However, it is possible that these helping to burn fat may not work for long-term coffee drinkers.
3. Increase energy and increase physical performance capacity
At least, drinking one cup of coffee in the morning can increase energy and increase focus. The coffee's caffeine content is known to increase adrenaline so that the body becomes more energized. Besides, that caffeine can wake up cells in the brain to be more focused. Caffeine can also relieve dizziness that may be present after sleeping all night to provide relaxation and improve mood, which is useful so that activities throughout the day can be more enjoyable. Also, it can be used to increase physical performance capacity by up to 12 percent. Caffeinated coffee intake can increase adrenaline in the blood. This way, your body will be better prepared for intense physical activity. This is influenced by caffeine's effect, which can break down fat in the body so that the body gets extra fuel from fat metabolism. Those who want to exercise or do intense physical activity are advised to drink black coffee about half an hour beforehand.
4. Adequate daily antioxidant needs
Coffee is rich in antioxidants, which the body needs to ward off free radicals. Free radicals themselves are known to cause various diseases that are harmful to the body, such as heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and cancer. By drinking a coffee cup in the morning, the body will get enough antioxidant intake to overcome free radicals that may come from outside the body, such as from food, air, or from the body's reaction to sunlight daily activities.
5. Smooth digestion
According to research drinking coffee can improve the digestive organs' function in the stomach and maintain the digestive system, that's because coffee stimulates fluids in the stomach, so that it affects the system for breaking down food substances and absorption of nutrients by the body.
6. Good for heart health
According to John Hopkins University's research, consuming coffee can lower the risk of clogged arteries that can lead to heart attacks. This is due to the coffee's high antioxidant content, which is useful for reducing calcium deposition in the heart's coronary arteries. In addition, the caffeine content in coffee is known to help the p27 protein regulate cells with mitochondria, which are the energy sources of cells in the heart. This reaction can encourage heart cells to work more efficiently. Those are the benefits of drinking coffee in the morning, which is good for health. But you must remember, you should consume pure black coffee without artificial sweeteners or excess cream and must be in the right amount, a maximum of two or three cups a day.
7. Optimizing the benefits of exercise
According to the British Journal of Sports Science research, people who drink coffee before exercising are shown to show increased body performance (Wiles et al., 1992). In another study conducted by Hodgson et al. (2013), it was also stated that the caffeine in coffee helps increase endurance during exercise.
