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Is Instant Decaf Coffee Healthy?
Caffeinated coffee offers many beneficial properties, yet can also increase stress levels, disrupt sleep quality and act as a diuretic. Therefore, many individuals opt for decaf instead. Decaf offers more antioxidants per gram than many fruits and vegetables! This makes decaf a good option.
All types of coffee are beneficial as part of a balanced diet, offering anti-ageing and detoxification properties, helping lower cholesterol levels, promote weight loss, digestion improvement, circulation increase and fighting fat accumulation to support collagen production.
Decaf coffee differs from regular in that it contains little or no caffeine, thus not stimulating the central nervous system as much. However, both varieties still provide many of the same health boosting nutrients, such as Vitamin B3, magnesium potassium and folic acid; both regular and decaf coffee contain polyphenols linked with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Coffee’s bitter taste and aroma may also contribute to its neuroprotective benefits, specifically through phenylindanes produced during roasting process, which have been found to inhibit proteins that form terminally disruptive clumps and tangles common to Alzheimer’s patients, making coffee an attractive candidate as an agent against neurodegenerative diseases affecting older individuals.
Research has demonstrated that both regular and decaf coffee can naturally and successfully reduce high blood pressure and help treat hypertension, by helping reduce caffeine consumption which contributes to high blood pressure. High blood pressure occurs when both the systolic and diastolic blood pressures exceed what should be, potentially putting people at risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney diseases or dementia.
Coffee may help protect against certain cancers, including liver, endometrial, and skin. This may be the result of coffee’s chlorogenic acids – compounds found within its beans which appear to slow the body’s breakdown of glucose, creating more stable blood sugar levels while decreasing fat production.
No matter your coffee preferences, it’s essential to limit extras like milk and sugar as added calories can quickly add up, rendering coffee less healthy. Instead, try stirring in a pinch of anti-inflammatory cinnamon into your cup; just make sure not to sweeten after 3 p.m. as this could interfere with sleep cycles. If instant decaf coffee is one of your favorites we suggest including it as part of your cellulite fighting diet along with high fibre consumption, low calorie consumption and plenty of water!