The beneficial properties of caffeine
What do you think when you hear the word “coffee”? A color? A drink? Something warm? Also probably comes to your mind the word “caffeine”, right? Caffeine is one of the most important and well-known coffee-flavor, color and aroma.
This substance is very important when it comes to one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. And is that caffeine is the element that gives coffee its most beneficial properties to health.
The amount of caffeine that can hold the coffee is variable, depends on the type of coffee, but can range from 0.8 to 4%. But coffee is not the only drink that contains this substance, in fact a variety of drinks and even medicines containing it.
Coffee is the drink contains more caffeine, that is around 120 mg.; In soluble coffee variety, are 80mg., And the decaffeinated variety of only 2-4 mg.
Besides coffee, other beverages, and even food and medicines that contain a certain percentage of caffeine: A cup of tea varies between 30 and 70 mg., A glass of cola contains about 45 mg., And a chocolate bar about 30mg, which contains the same amount painkiller shots when you have a headache.
But, why caffeine is so important? Many people think that caffeine is more negative than positive, because it is believed that produces insomnia, but on the contrary, caffeine can bring many health benefits, for example, stimulates the heart, respiratory system and nervous, and getting ourselves in a state of heightened alert and intellectual reaction; also helps us feel less tired and therefore perform better in the day.
On the consumption of alcohol, coffee is one of the perfect remedies, as it helps us to detoxify our body.
Caffeine, like everything else, can cause some negative effects if consumed in excess (something like 7 or 8 cups of coffee a day), for example, can put us in a state of excitement greater than normal, makes us more irritable and may cause insomnia.
So the recommendation is to consume this substance in moderation. The Blosón coffee producer, recommends taking each day from 2 to 3 cups, to reap the benefits of caffeine.