## Good afternoon Steemans! Here, once again a barista in Venezuela, sharing his knowledge for our beloved community.

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What should we know when drinking coffee? First of all we understand that coffee is more than just that "Guayoyo" or black coffee that we make in our house, or that one we ordered at the bakery.

Coffee has everything, many food values, just as they have effects on us.

Revealing some things about coffee:

Coffee is addictive.

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Maybe it's the most popular coffee myth, let me tell you, coffee is NOT addictive. At this time it is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), which is the US Food and Drug Office, as a non-addictive beverage.
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Coffee is bad for health.

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Of course, it is well known that everything in excess is bad. However, we can also see benefits in an incredible and perhaps unknown way.

In your intestine: remedy for constipation?

There are several popular rhymes that start with a "coffee and cigar ...". Well, the intestinal call to go to the bathroom after taking the first cup of coffee of the day is because the caffeine stimulates and increases the contractions of the intestine helping you to push the waste more quickly.

In addition to being a virtually calorie-free food, coffee can help satiate your appetite:

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Meanwhile Iain Jourdan, a colorectal surgeon and consultant at the Royal Surrey County General Hospital in Guildford, recommends that you never eat without eating anything else: "Caffeine stimulates the production of gastric juices in the stomach even though there is no food to be digested If you only drink coffee the gastric acids can irritate the lining of the stomach and intestine, causing pain and abdominal distension. "

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On your waist: Does coffee make you fat or thin?

"In addition to being a virtually calorie-free food, coffee can help satiate appetite a little bit," says dietitian Nigel Denby. It all depends on how we take it.

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In your kidneys: a good natural diuretic?

Coffee stimulates the kidneys to excrete more fluid so you need to go to the bathroom more times. "This is not necessarily bad if we have normal kidney function," says Professor Chris Eden, "but different studies have shown that long-term coffee consumption can make kidney disease worse."

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In your brain: does memory improve?

According to a recent study conducted by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee, moderate coffee consumption - an estimated three to five cups a day - can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by 20%. The researchers found that caffeine helps prevent the formation of protein plaques in the brain that have been linked to the development of this type of dementia.

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In your muscles: exciting or relaxing?

Researchers at the Australian Sports Institute found that a single cup of coffee helped athletes boost their muscles and improve their endurance. In addition, caffeine is chemically similar to theophylline, an element that help open airways commonly used for asthma treatments.