Is drinking coffee good or bad?

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In many homes around the world, coffee is the true alarm clock for our bodies. That is, like automatons we hear the morning alarm of the clock and get up, but we are really awake when that characteristic aroma floods our kitchen and the black elixir reaches our mouth.

Currently coffee is the most sold and consumed stimulant drink in the world, it comes from a shrub called coffea arabica and since the first merchant extracted it from his native Arabia, he has not stopped traveling the world. It contains high concentrations of caffeine, an exciting alkaloid of the central nervous system that can create dependence, so doctors indicate a moderate intake.

Much of the mystique that surrounds this infusion comes perhaps from the impossibility of automating its cultivation, these plants demand moist and fertile lands that are not exposed to the Sun. The shade of the mountains is its most favorable environment and the careful attention of man who must harvest with his own hands the ripe fruits.

These seeds are then subjected to a long process of drying, roasting and pulverizing on which their quality depends. There are different varieties, including Arabica, typical of the most select coffees, which contains approximately 1% caffeine, half of that found in robusta, for example.

Stimulating coffee

Among the various ways of drinking coffee, the espresso stands out for being the most stimulating of all, the procedure that uses pressurized steam is much more effective than that of classic coffee makers where infusion and filtration takes place.

But if the secret is in caffeine, it is good to know that this type of alkaloid is also found in the leaves, seeds or fruit of 60 other special vegetables in the world. It easily penetrates into all cells of the body, especially those of the nervous system. It is eliminated with urine between 3 and 6 hours after ingesting its effect is not cumulative.

Its most important action is to stimulate the transmission of nerve impulses between nerve cells or neurons. Therefore, it is admitted that daily amounts of caffeine less than 200 mg, (the equivalent of two or three cups of coffee a day), tones the body, relieves fatigue, promotes intellectual functions and can even be useful in case of lipothymia (fainting), since caffeine provides an emergency stimulus, although they do not solve the cause of the disorder. Excess can cause tremors, nervousness, insomnia, palpitations, and even affects the ability to perform in people who are not used to taking it.

Caffeine addiction

But caffeine can quickly create dependence. Just take 400 to 600 mg daily for more than two weeks or so and we will be hooked with the risk of suffering even from the withdrawal syndrome that can manifest itself in the form of fatigue, nervous irritability, inability to concentrate, anxiety, headache, tremors and other physical symptoms.

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