Blue Brain

Good news coffee drinkers! I recently wrote an article suggesting that switching from coffee to tea as your drink of choice was a healthy move. However some new research shows that older, negative studies often failed to differentiate the effects of coffee and cigarettes simply because so many coffee drinkers were also smokers.

Don’t get too excited, coffee isn’t exactly a “health” drink but it is a good beverage choice. Make sure you’re drinking FILTERED coffee; the filter removes a substance called cafestol, which boosts “bad” cholesterol (LDL). Some Scandinavian coffee is made in French presses and is not filtered.
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Alright, hear me out. I’m not saying you should give up coffee completely. I love coffee, and switching was not easy. There are just too many compelling health benefits to not consider the switch. Like most people I need cream and sugar to drink my coffee, which might not seem like a big deal. The truth is that high sugar and fat amounts in our diet is a main contributer to obesity and health problems in North America.

I understand that the large kick of caffeine is what is appealing about coffee. But, when all that caffeine and sugar starts to wear off it can leave you feeling drained. And most people’s solution to the coffee crash, more coffee of course. People with long work days find themselves ingesting a lot more caffeine (and sugar and fat in some cases) than is healthy for a single day. An 8 oz cup, coffee can have about 100 mg of caffeine where green tea only has about 20 mg of caffeine. The FDA suggests you keep from having any more than 200 – 300 mg of caffeine per day, depending on what report you find. Two cups of coffee gets you to that limit where as several cups of green tea still keeps you far from the limit and allows you to drink it all day.

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