1. Coffee doesn’t actually dehydrate you. Once thought to be a diuretic, coffee won’t dehydrate you unless it’s consumed in large quantities.
2. You don’t need coffee when you first wake up, your body releases a hormone called cortisol which helps you to feel awake and alert. So if you are in the habit of drinking coffee first thing in the morning you may want to wait a while so as not to waste the caffeine when cortisol is at its highest.
3. Coffee is healthy! It contains lots of antioxidants which helps the body fight free radical chemicals. As such, coffee drinkers are at a lower risk of diseases like type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and heart disease. Studies have also shown that coffee drinkers are up to 65% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
4. Drinking coffee can help to burn fat. Caffeine increases your metabolism 3-11%.
5. Coffee is grown in an area called “The Coffee Belt”. Due to the regions that have conditions to grow coffee, such as sun and warm weather, coffee is grown in a “belt area” (see image).
6. Coffee works really quickly, it takes 10 minutes to start feeling the effects of it.
7. Coffee made from elephant dung is the most expensive brew, this is made by feeding coffee beans to elephants which is influenced by elephants’ digestive enzyme and broken down into coffee protein.
8. Coffee houses were originally banned in England because it’s where the cool kids with ideas hung out and where King Charles II thought they were conspiring against him. Read more about this in A history of coffee.
9. Caffeine improves performance when working out by increasing levels of adrenaline and releasing fatty acids from fat tissues.
10. Coffee was discovered by goats. It’s true, shepherds noticed that after eating coffee berries their goats became very spirited!
So grab yourself a cup of coffee today and enjoy!
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