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I've been wondering lately whether decaf provides any of the supposed health benefits that some have attributed to regular coffee.
by milsorgen 6y ago
I've been wondering lately whether decaf provides any of the supposed health benefits that some have attributed to regular coffee.
- CarelessExpert 6y agoI've wondered the same, and personally, I'm just assuming the health benefits come from B vitamins, antioxidants, etc, which would suggest decaf should also be beneficial.
- bryanlarsen 6y agoHeck the benefit may come simply from the fact that the alternative to coffee for many people is soda pop.
- CarelessExpert 6y agoFantastic point, that's certainly the role it's played in my life!
- scythe 6y agoIn at least some cases, the answer appears to be "yes": https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197018612000551?casa_token=qba8KW9MdKAAAAAA:ynXQnDPPprUeFnWdR0-n4cQ3qgF7F4F0RK2_HG4kLQmckLMYh4voL8XQ9K9Y6kk12WFMA8Nf2uw https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019701861... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2018.1550384?casa_token=g8aNFbx27_YAAAAA%3ApWWGf_hPpVF0xJAho-JH4r0GRzNs854aXZwS0-ciEJr0SkIJOyhHeGGcTMCqHtSF2nBH6ku6lFO50w https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2018.1... But not in all cases: https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad091249 https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-...
- ttul 6y agoThere are antioxidants in coffee, which I have read previously are suggested as potentially reducing cancer risk by mopping up oxidative molecules in your body. When it comes to the colon cancer risk reduction, caffeine may have a role by increasing the rate at which food moves through the intestines, basically washing out waste faster that would otherwise interact with the cells in the lining of the colon to cause cancer.