Coffee

           Coffee is considered essential to some people’s morning. I for one have coffee almost every school morning. So I do wonder, is it good for me to have coffee almost every morning? There have been several studies done, but there isn’t a set in stone agreement whether or not coffee is good for you.

In this article, John Berardi talks about the different effects coffee has. One negative effect everyone will agree with is the withdrawal coffee will leave a person if they suddenly stop drinking coffee after been consuming coffee on a regular basis. I will also say, coffee shouldn’t make you gain weight-unless you drink coffee with lots of creams and sugar. According to Berardi, coffee can either be a “medicine” or a “poison” for coffee drinkers.

            Considering heart disease, the effects coffee has depends on whether your body has the fast CYP1A2 gene or the slow CYP1A2 gene. Basically what this gene does is eliminate caffeine from the bloodstream; quickly or slowly-depending on the gene. Having the fast gene leads to a decrease in heart disease. Sadly, having the slow gene increases the risk of heart disease.

            Depending on your genetic make-up, coffee could be good or bad for you. It affects everyone differently based on your genetic make-up. Coffee may be not good for you when it comes to increasing chance of heart disease, but it will give you antioxidants, possibly lower risk for Parkinson’s disease, energy from the caffeine, and so forth.

            This is what makes health and nutrition so interesting yet frustrating at the same time. One article will say it’s good for you, one will say it’s bad, another will say it might be good might be bad. Overall we really don’t know exactly, we’re just coming up with educational researched conclusions.