Coffee is healthy: if you don't drink it black, you destroy its positive effect
Created: 05.12.2022, 17:30
By: Judith Brown
If you want to benefit from the healthy effect of coffee on your health, you should drink it without milk in the future.
However, milk alternatives are not a problem.
Coffee is not only the favorite drink of the Germans, it is also good for your health.
Coffee is also said to help you lose weight by boosting fat burning.
However, the coffee diet should only work if you omit popular additives such as sugar or milk.
The situation is similar with the positive effect that coffee is said to have on health.
It is said to be lost through the addition of milk.
Coffee is healthy: its positive effect on the risk of diabetes, cancer and other diseases
According to physician and nutritionist Dr.
Michael Greger, a single shot of milk reduces the positive effect of coffee by almost half.
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Coffee can not only make the start of the day easier, it can also reduce the risk of cancer or diabetes.
According to the German Diabetes Aid, coffee consumption can have a protective effect on type 2 diabetes in carriers of a gene variant of the TCF7L2 gene, which increases the risk of diabetes.
In addition to caffeine, the popular pick-me-up contains numerous biologically active plant substances.
Regular coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of stroke, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's disease, liver cancer and Alzheimer's.
It is also said to have a positive impact on mortality risk.
On the other hand, a nutritionist warns of its side effects on the aging process.
This can in turn be accelerated by some coffee habits.
Whether coffee spreads its positive effect on health depends above all on the amount drunk.
According to the German Society for Nutrition (DGE), it is a maximum of three to four cups spread over the day.
However, those who do not drink it black and add milk instead negate its positive effects.
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Coffee is healthy: with milk, however, the effect is said to be lost
nutrition expert dr.
According to Stern Online
, Michael Greger explains
that milk prevents the absorption of the phytonutrients responsible for the positive effects.
What is meant by this is the milk protein, which binds the secondary plant substances.
According to the doctor, the more milk that is added, the lower the antioxidant effect of the coffee.
A single shot of milk reduces the effect by almost half.
However, the situation is different with milk alternatives such as oat, almond or rice milk.
They can easily be drunk in coffee.
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