Coffee

What’s breakfast without nature’s ultimate pick-me-up. Many people have a negative connotation regarding coffee, however, it is a natural phenomenon that is so beneficial to you in so many ways. Coffee has more antioxidants than any natural consumption product on the market. Its health benefits keep getting clearer to us each year after hundreds of studies have been performed. A study in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry in 2001 found that coffee has significantly more total antioxidant activity than either cocoa, green tea, black tea, or herbal tea. Further studies from Canadian Scientists have shown that drinking four 6 oz. cups of coffee reduces your risk of cancer and heart disease by a whopping 50%. If that’s not compelling to grab a few cups throughout the day, I don’t know what is. Not only that, but coffee induces the production of dopamine and glutamate in the cell of the nucleus accumbens. This is responsible for the alertness and that feel-good sentiment after a cup o’ Joe. The rewarding and motor-activating properties of this psychostimulant increase your work capacity and production throughout the day. There is something to be said about that mental fix you get from this natural bean. Moreover, the caffeine in coffee helps store glycogen, which in turn allows for more carbohydrates to be burned throughout the day and during exercise. Furthermore, coffee may lower insulin levels, which makes it less likely for fat to be stored from a dreaded insulin spike. Start every day with a big cup o' Joe!

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