Typical coffee aroma has made this a favorite beverage of many people. Because it tastes good, many people argue that the habit of drinking coffee is not healthy. In fact, you can really reap the healthy benefits of a cup of coffee.
Various scientific reports say that drinking coffee is good for the vascular system and is strongly suspected to prevent stroke. In March, researchers from Sweden also reported that coffee may cut risk of stroke in women by 25 percent.
In the 1970s, a study says the fans of coffee at high risk of heart attack. However, the conclusion was disputed by other studies that indicate otherwise. Unfortunately, the study was criticized because its scale is too small.
To respond to concerns of coffee lovers, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health to make research on coffee consumption involving 45,000 men. The results of their analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded in 1990, coffee habits do not affect the risk of heart disease or stroke.
Other studies about coffee and health continue to follow. The latest is a study by a team from Japan to the 81,000 men and women.Known, those who drank one or two cups of coffee daily the risk of cardiovascular disease fell to 23 percent.
"Various studies do mention the coffee is not harmful, even healthier. But that does not prove a causal relationship because of the coffee drinkers and coffee fans are not very different," said Dr.Nersen Sanossian, professor of neurology at UCLA.
The differences are such as exercise habits, smoking, or other living patterns.
Although the coffee fairly safe, but not recommended for those who are not fans of coffee and then switched to coffee to prevent stroke.
"In some people, coffee can cause heart rhythm disturbances and the emerging effects of addiction on other people. People who are accustomed to drinking coffee with cream and sugar will also not receive health benefits," said Mark Urman, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute.
