Coffee has recently come to be associated with a number of health benefits, including protection against:
● Alzheimer’s disease & other forms of dementia
● Parkinson’s
● cirrhosis of the liver
● depression
● liver & colorectal cancer
● stroke
And, most obviously, increased wakefulness & attention.
In addition, it is the biggest source of antioxidants in the typical western diet.
More recently, a protective effect against type 2 diabetes has been claimed:
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