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What’s a Healthy Coffee to Drink?
Many of us start our days off right with a cup of coffee – it’s an ideal way to jump-start our days and, surprising enough, it can actually be beneficial! Over the past decade or two, scientists have discovered that coffee can do many things for your health: everything from helping with weight loss and heart disease prevention, all the way to cancer protection. But which coffee should you drink? This really depends on your personal goals – what works well for someone trying to lose weight may not necessarily work as well for someone with anxiety or heart conditions – there are various ways you can enjoy enjoying a cup joe while reaping its health properties simultaneously!
First and foremost, when considering healthier coffee beverages it’s important to keep things as natural as possible. That means avoiding adding any unnecessary extras such as sugar or artificial creamers/syrups as these ingredients contain chemicals, fats and added sugars which add calories as well as other chemicals/fats/added sugars that could add up quickly in terms of calories consumed and added chemicals etc. For optimal health drink black or medium roast coffee without anything added can provide all the nutritional value you’re after!
If you want something sweetened with coffee, look for alternatives such as soy, almond or coconut milk that contain less sugar and have more beneficial fats than cow’s milk. If skimmed or semi-skimmed options won’t do, opt for low-fat options like skimmed or semi-skimmed options that may make your beverage thinner without altering its taste too significantly.
Roasting of coffee beans is also a key consideration, with light-roast beans providing more antioxidants than dark roast varieties. If this option is unavailable to you, organic products tend to contain less pesticides and chemicals in them than their dark-roasted counterparts.
Finally, it is important to remember that drinking too much caffeine may lead to anxiety in some individuals. If this occurs for you, either decrease your coffee consumption or switch to decaf. Furthermore, as coffee acts as a diuretic and causes more peeing than usual – which reduces absorption of water-soluble vitamins such as zinc and iron; make sure you take them an hour prior or post coffee consumption for maximum absorption.