It is often accused of all evils, but is coffee ultimately good for your health? Especially for the memory and the heart…
The substances contained in a quality coffee stimulate the memory which limits the progression of Alzheimer’s. The risk of cardiovascular accident decreases. The polyphenols and antioxidants it contains ward off diabetes, digestive problems, cancer by promoting a healthy intestine.
Vincent Castronovo, honorary professor at the University of Liège in nutritional medicine, details: “You have molecules that improve the microbiota. The microbiota that improves the function of the intestine which itself reduces inflammation. Inflammation which reduces the production of free radicals. You’re attacking the root causes of all these chronic diseases.”
Coffee and chocolate, same fight
Several studies comparing the medical assessments of hundreds of thousands of people around the world confirm these benefits: “There are two foods that have gone from toxic to beneficial, coffee and chocolate.“, adds Vincent Castronovo.
Dark chocolate with a minimum of 70 to 80% cocoa. Coffee is to be drunk without sugar to reap all the benefits. No more than five cups a day. Tea, and especially green tea, offers the same beneficial properties
