“Coffee is really good for you. I make that statement as a physician, and liver specialist. In fact, coffee actually may well be the healthiest beverage you can drink.” – Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, Harvard Medical School
The One by Copper Coffee (Issue 2)
Coffee: Vice or Healthy? [Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. This article should not be considered medical advice. The information below is for informational purposes only and should not replace the recommendations of healthcare professionals. Please use common sense.]
About 83% of adults in America drink coffee, but very few do so for health reasons. In the past, I remember feeling a sense of embarrassment admitting that I drank 3 cups of coffee per day. In the process of developing Copper Coffee, I was very interested in understanding how coffee and health were related. The data was shocking. My takeaway was that I should not have felt bad for drinking 3 cups of coffee a day. In fact, the data may encourage it.
My go-to source on coffee and health is Sanjiv Chopra, a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. He has written several articles on the health benefits of coffee and he wrote a fantastic book called “The Big Five”, where he outlines five simple things you can do to live longer. Spoiler alert: The first one is drinking coffee. He believes coffee “may well be the healthiest beverage you can drink.”
Here are a few of the health benefits from drinking coffee that he highlights (studies linked): |