The healthy properties of the moderate consumption of coffee, at the international fair of gastronomy Madrid Fusion.
may reduce the risk of developing type II diabetes and increase longevity.
-habitual and moderate coffee consumption can bring benefits for health and be part of a balanced diet of Mediterranean style
-Coffee contains substances such as vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, so it may have beneficial effects on the digestive system
– there is no reason to allow a hypertensive patient well controlled or with cardiovascular pathologies to not take coffee ”, has secured Dr. Leandro Plaza, President of the Spanish Heart Foundation
Madrid, January 2013.- while the coffee is the second most consumed beverage in the world, just behind the water, there are many false myths that still prevail in relation to their effects on health. In fact, according to various investigations, habitual and moderate coffee consumption can report health benefits and be part of a balanced diet. To knock these myths down and talking about the realities of the effects of moderate consumption of coffee on health, national experts have participated in a round table within the Madrid Fusión event.
Dr. Pilar Riobó, PhD in medicine and surgery and specialist in Endocrinology and nutrition stressed that research has shown that moderate coffee consumption understood as maximum three or four cups a day, can be beneficial to health. In particular, in the course of the Roundtable echoed the results of a study that concludes that coffee consumption can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 25% ”. According to Dr. Riobó, the protective effect could be due also to other components in coffee other than caffeine since found a protective effect of coffee decaffeinated, although less intense, in studies that evaluated, coffee contains substances such as vitamins, minerals and antioxidants so it, it can bring other health benefits ”. Thus, recalled that coffee can have beneficial effects on the digestive system, especially in the incidence of some of the most common diseases of the liver and gallbladder ” and that most of the epidemiological studies carried out so far have found a lower incidence of neurodegenerative diseasessuch as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, between habitual consumers of coffee ”.
Coffee favors longevity
Meanwhile, Dr. Leandro Plaza, President of the Spanish Heart Foundation, has recalled that according to recent epidemiological investigations published by prestigious international publications, the daily consumption of up to four cups of coffee is directly associated with greater longevity and better survival in the general population, since it has been proven that it decreases the risk for most diseases ”. In fact, according to studies, moderate coffee consumption reduces the risk of death a 14% ”. As an example, the Dr. Plaza referred to a recent study of 2012 to 400,000 people aged 50 to 71 years in which precisely becomes manifest that coffee consumption is associated with lower total mortality and of mortality due to cardiovascular disease. There is no reason to allow a hypertensive controlled good to not take coffee.
socializing element and part of a balanced diet
include in our food in a reasonable and intelligent way products that provide pleasure can help to achieve a balanced diet, since it will contribute to making a more varied food consumption ”, says Gregorio Varela Moreiras, President of the Spanish Nutrition Foundation and Professor of nutrition and food science, school of Pharmacy from the Universidad CEU San Pablo. Thus, as coffee consumption is closely linked to the pleasure, can be converted to an element very related to the maintenance of a balanced diet ”.
In addition to the pleasant appearance of coffee, Professor Varela Moreiras referred to his socializing component socialization at the base of the food pyramid of the Mediterranean diet has been included for the first time ”, and its role in the hydration more than 98% of the coffee is water, which makes him an important source of hydration, provided that the consumption is moderate ”
according to the latest statistical report on the habits of consumption of coffee in Spain, published by the Spanish Federation of coffee (FEC), 63% of the adult population over 15 years usually drink coffee on a daily basis and consumers they drink 3.6 coffees daily during the week and 2.6 cups per day during the weekends.
