{"id":324,"date":"2023-08-14T14:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tightrope-walk.com\/?p=324"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:12:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:12:32","slug":"brewing-good-health-exploring-coffees-health-benefits-for-national-wellness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tightrope-walk.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/14\/brewing-good-health-exploring-coffees-health-benefits-for-national-wellness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewing Good Health: Exploring Coffee\u2019s Health Benefits for National Wellness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s National Wellness Month, a time for celebrating and sharing all of the ways we keep ourselves happy and healthy. \u201cWellness,\u201d of course, can mean many different things.\u00a0The Global Wellness Institute<\/a>\u00a0defines wellness as the active pursuit of activities, choices, and lifestyles that lead to a state of holistic health.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some may picture green juice and yoga classes when they think about wellness, but this definition makes clear that many things can contribute to wellness \u2013 from enjoying time with family and friends to enjoying a balanced diet, with or without yoga mats!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For coffee drinkers, we know that coffee contributes a lot<\/em> to the \u201chappy\u201d category. Not only do our beloved coffee beverages put smiles on our faces, but they also put a pep in our steps for the final month of summer fun. This month, though, remember that coffee also has so much more to offer when it comes to staying healthy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coffee itself boasts myriad\u00a0unique health benefits<\/a>, perhaps thanks to the thousands of naturally-occurring antioxidants and polyphenols in every cup. Drinking coffee is associated with a reduced risk of a wide range of chronic diseases and even a reduced risk of multiple cancers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) recommends drinking coffee \u201cregularly<\/a>,\u201d and the American Cancer Society (ACS) has\u00a0concluded<\/a>\u00a0that coffee reduces the risk of multiple cancers including liver cancer, endometrial cancer, cancers of the mouth, pharynx and larynx, as well as basal cell skin cancer and melanoma.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Overall, coffee drinkers live longer, happier, healthier lives. Multiple prospective studies encompassing hundreds of thousands of people \u2013 for example, these studies published in\u00a0the New England Journal of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Circulation<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 have found that drinking coffee is associated with increased longevity. Another study published in the\u00a0Annals of Internal Medicine<\/a>\u00a0found that compared with non-coffee drinkers, participants with the highest level of coffee consumption had a statistically significant lower all-cause mortality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coffee can also help achieve shorter-term health goals. Coffee consumption is associated with maintaining a healthy body weight and reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, another leading cause of ill health for Americans. A study published in\u00a0The Journal of Nutrition<\/a>\u00a0in 2020 found that higher coffee consumption (both caffeinated and decaffeinated) was associated with \u201csignificantly lower total body fat percentage and trunk body fat\u201d in women.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wellness includes health from head to toe \u2013 and coffee delivers. A\u00a0literature review<\/a>\u00a0conducted by NCA\u2019s science advisor in 2020 found that drinking coffee is associated with up to \u2153 reduced risk of depression. Some studies even suggest that coffee has the potential to help alleviate the symptoms of neurocognitive disorders like\u00a0ADHD<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It seems like new evidence about coffee\u2019s unique health impacts emerges all the time. One recently-published\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0conducted in Portugal found that drinking coffee increased activity in parts of the brain involved in short-term memory, attention, and focus. (Note that ingesting caffeine on its own did not have the same effect).\u00a0New findings<\/a>\u00a0conducted by researchers at the University of Verona showed that enjoying espresso helps to destroy rogue tau proteins that gather in the brain and kill neurons, a process that is believed to be involved in the onset of Alzheimer\u2019s disease- researchers say these results pave the way for more research into treatment and prevention.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

To put it simply: your favorite cup of coffee is a great way to support and celebrate wellness this month and every month.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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