Health benefits and effects of coffee consumption: Implications for chronic disease prevention

Abstract

Coffee is one of the most preferred beverages, second only to water, and is mentioned as potentially advantageous in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Coffee components are responsible for coffee's positive benefits on glucose tolerance and diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes. They also play anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, antihypertensive, antimicrobial, anticarcinogenic, immunostimulant and antithrombotic roles in human body. New methodologies in epidemiological findings and experimental investigations advocate that coffee drinking may benefit in the prevention of numerous chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus. The majority of prospective cohort studies have revealed no link between coffee consumption and an increased possibility of cardiovascular disease. Additionally, there is ample convincing prof that both decaffeinated and caffeinated coffee have similar health advantages, showing that, in addition to caffeine, various other elements play a part in the benefits of sound health effects. For adults taking 3-4 cups of coffee daily (moderate amount) or 300-400mg/day caffeine, some documentation of health benefits and somewhat a little proof of risks concerning wellness is also available