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It's an addiction we want to continue having! Only the addictions we would like not having are bad. 🙂 I've been drinking coffee more than 60 years, and not once tried to give it up. There probably are many like me. That, I think, should tell us something!
Over the past 35+ years, numerous studies with the intent no doubt of uncovering the dangers of coffee drinking have consistently shown just the opposite. Moderate coffee drinking is beneficial. If you’re worried about too much caffeine, then moderate with decaf. Cheers!
I'm almost certain this is because coffee, decaf included, is a potent appetite suppressant. Most of the benefits I suspect are from simply eating less calories.
@@CommanderRiker0 Then we'd be seeing an even more positive effect from nicotine which is a stronger appetite supressant. Coffee is just genuinely healthy unless you overdo the caffeine to the point of shaking or its disrupting your sleep.
@@serioserkanalname499 No you wouldn't because most nicotine comes from smoking. The sample size of people just using nicotine is infinitesimal compared to coffee.
@@serioserkanalname499 This is bad logic. You can't use simple reduction with organic bio-chemistry like this. Besides the vast majority of nicotine being from smoking, it can still be the case that calorie reduction from coffee consumption confers benefits while nicotine doesn't. I suspect a lot of the "longevity" studies giving copious amounts of drugs to rats simply reduces their appetite.
coffee also reduces iron, zinc and magnesium absorption. On the whole, since the long term studies are epidemiological, with low relative incident rates, so as you say, we need experimental / controlled studies.
@defeqel6537 I think they showed very little effect of these absorption reduction, plus you only need to have enough gap between your coffee and meals and you should be good
@@tamir.s IIRC it was on the order of 60%, and in combination with some other foods, close to 100%. I don't remember seeing results on how long it takes for the effect to subside, but 1-4 hours would be my guess. Caffeine also decrease magnesium reabsorption, so you lose more of it.
You should be proud of yourself for the amazing work you've done researching and informing people with vital contend health related! Keep up the great job!
You, Brad and Gill are the only 3 I follow without having to take your words with a big grain of Celtic salt. It is nice to have good sources that present evidence rather than just hype from the latest media craze that source exaggerated claims from flawed studies.
As a long black with no sugar drinker, I feel vindicated😊 I've toyed with the idea of quitting the bean. But it seems the bean is actually a good thing😃
There’s a great conversation between James Hoffman and one of the most prolific research scientists on the topic of coffee consumption. There are some great benefits to moderate consumption (in the first half of the day). Apart from the polyphenols and whatnot coffee actually contains a surprising amount of fiber.. more than orange juice.
I wonder how it impacts sleep even when people drink it early. There are some anecdotes that I've read on Hacker News that people with insomnia need to quit it all-together. I'd love if to see a study about that. Specifically, does it influence sleep quality of: people with insomnia and healthy people when coffee is consumed only within the first 4 hours of the day. Anecdotal evidence is obviously not enough, but I do think it warrants an investigation.
Everyone metabolizes caffeine differently…. If I drink coffee anytime past 1pm, my sleep is affected… But my daughter will drink a coffee after supper around 6pm and sleep like a log. It’s crazy…
Anecdotal is perfectly relevant for yourself at the end of the day and working out what works for you or not. Your actual lived experience can be more important than what data is saying sometimes, believe it or not.
Went from 3 teaspoons of sugar to 2. A months later to 1 teaspoon. My taste buds got used to it and now it is just as good as when I was putting in 3. A year later the change has lasted.
It seems to me that all of these studies could be subject to the same biases that resulted in the misbegotten conclusion that moderate alcohol intake is causally associated with good health. When the vast majority of the population consumes a beverage, healthy user bias and reverse causality are important considerations, for sure.
You mentioned that finer roasts will deliver more caffeine, but you have to consider that finer grinds are usually reserved for espresso, which is USUALLY a darker roast and darker roasts have been found to be LOWER in caffeine, so that kinda balances out.
I read a study that correlated alcoholics and churros. Alcoholics that drank coffee everyday didn’t get as much churros as non coffoholics. But the confounding variable is that those that drink coffee in morning probably aren’t morning drinkers as much as coffee drinkers. So if you drink 24/7 you will get churros if nothing else gets you. *didn’t feel like correcting my stupid autocorrect
Solid scholarship, Dr. Stanfield. Two points: the "sweet spot" for dementia may be related to smoking confounding. Probably ok to drink even higher amounts of coffee. Second, the non-caffeine benefits of coffee are probably due to the polyphenols. Many think the beneficial organic chemicals from plants primarily come from vegetables, but for most, coffee provides the majority of their polyphenol intake. I've written more about coffee on my Unaging blog.
I would have thought that obvious confounding factors like a positive or negative association of coffee drinking with with smoking or sugar consumption, would have been taken ito account.
We wonder if the results would be even more promising if the studies analyzed people who drank organic specialty coffees. (basically high quality arabica coffees, grown at elevation, by experienced farmers and roasted in small batches?
Phew! Thanks Dr Stanfield thought you were going to say that coffee is so bad for you. I love my 2 cups of coffee in the morning, couldn't get through the day without them. I drink the best coffee, in my opinion, which is the finely ground Turkish coffee, the only coffee I can drink without milk, but unfortunately it is unfiltered. Hey ho and hello from the UK, I love your videos!
I put a good pinch of baking soda in my coffee. This neutralizes the acid and I never have any troubles from coffee by doing that. I love my morning coffee with a little clove and cardamom ground in with the beans and a little coconut oil added.
The hilarious thing is, all the benefits from coffee is the antioxidants and flavonoids, so zero to do with the caffeine. In fact, the caffeine is the only reason for the heart risk with Arrhythmia. Decaf (from watered method, NOT chemical method) provides all the benefits and taste with zero of the downsides. One last thing that was not mentioned is caffeine half life varies widely person to person. Average is correct at 5 hours, but this is on a scale of 1.5 to 9.5 hours. So the advise given in this video is not accurate for everyone.
Without taking anything away from a great video, I knew during my medical school pharmacology days that moderate intake of coffee ( 2 max) improved fatty livers and hepatic function. The key is not too strong and not too much. The other components of the jigsaw puzzle are: the flavinoids in the beans and the effect caffeine has on mental function and the neuro hormonal-Dopa, Serotonin system.
coffee increases gluconeogenesis, so it makes sense that it would reduce liver fat, but increased blood sugar might not be beneficial if you aren't actively using it, it may even be harmful. Granted AFAIK the effect is quite small
I'd be curious to know how many of the things you say in this video apply to caffeine, and how many only apply to coffee. I don't like coffee, so I take caffeine pills if I want to have caffeine. I wonder if that's roughly same good as coffee, or if that's a totally different thing overall.
It's very different. It's the other components of coffee they say are beneficial. The Polyphenol antioxidant content etc. Hence he said decaffeinated coffee had similar beneficial effects in the studies he mentions.
Indeed. Not sure why but several scare stories have popped up for me recently on the utter devastation unfiltered coffee will inflict on your body. Glad there are some excellent counter points to all that BS.
What myths, Uncle. this slurry is the most popular after oil. so imagine what pesticides and herbicides it is watered with, and what gets into your glass.
Ever heard of organic? You may not like coffee but lots of people do. Go ahead and drink whatever you like and I’ll drink what I like. Is that OK with you?
I can't stand the taste (unfortunately) but it's probably far better for you than coffee...which I love (when it's made to my taste!) But I'm sure anything that has been roasted, (carbonised to some extent) and that we ingest can't be "wonderful" for us! Green Tea leaves are just dried and crushed and full of umpteen beneficial compounds like Polyphenols etc. If you can bear the taste drink it with abandon!
@@LencoTB Several testresults here in Sweden shows dark roast equals less acrylamide in the brands we drink. I understand that it seems counterintuitive.
@ Hi Neighbour, I believe you it is just that I’ve read that in our Forbrugerrådet Test that dark roasted coffee like dark roasted toast, potatoes etc create more content of acrylamide just because of the “burning” process. Then I investigate it and had a break from coffee. As a normal informed citizen it is hard to find the correct path. The truth as always is somewhere in the middle.
The US-based academics with channels were mentioning the timing of that first cup of coffee, recommending that first cup for later in the morning. Your refutation based on the research makes much more sense. Get it early, ride the wave, enjoy the benefits during the day and allow adenosine to work in the evening to allow for better sleep.
My mothers doctor told her to drink a cup of coffee to stop her milk supply when she needed to wean her youngest child at 5 months. She drank 1 cup at evening, one the next morning and that was the last of it.
While cafestol and kahweol in unfiltered coffee do raise LDL cholesterol and could pose a risk for heart health in excessive amounts, they also offer antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, support liver function , and potential anti-cancer benefits. The key is moderation.
The title of this video had me concerned. All of my grandparents emigrated to American from Sweden. I grew up in Swedish communities and coffee was ever present, coffee was referred to as Swedish gasoline. There was even a certain coffee that was at one time promoted by the king of Sweden. So I grew up drinking and loving coffee, dark black coffee with no sugar and mostly no cream. So I thought you were going to give coffee a bad wrap but was pleasantly surprised by the information in your video, although I've known that information for quite a long time. I roast my own coffee and have many different ways to brew coffee, including drip coffee, espresso machine, vacuum pot, french press, pour over etc. I find that when brewing drip coffee a metal filter leaves some undesirable flavors where as a paper filter filters out an element that makes the coffee not as good. How ever when I brew coffee in a vacuum pot the coffee is sucked through a glass tube with a glass rod inserted in it which has tiny bumps on it and it filters out the coffee leaving almost no coffee fines and it makes a really good cup. So any way I say along with Patrick Henry, give me coffee or give me death.
Here in England you can buy German "Westmark" plastic filter cones. They just sit on top of the drinking cup. They're really cheap and you just need the right size paper filters to go in them. Very easy & less washing-up than a French Press!
Filters might contain microplastics that you get out into the coffee. I’m like you and French press so I asked the question in the comments what the chemical reason is for French being worse.
Very interesting. Coffee seems to make my face a bit greasy, and it certainly feels hard on the guts with me, and I'm not prone to stomach problems. I'd be interested to know which is better, tea or coffee - and whether either inhibit the uptake of any other nutrients, or effect them.
Don't forget the difference between robusta and arabica coffee, Guys. Robusta - found extensively in shop-bought coffee brands (eg lavazza, segafredo) and instant coffee - is MUCH higher in caffeine typically than arabica. If you get your coffee in a proper coffee shop or choose arabica beans for home baristing, you'll be getting a lot less caffeine and need more coffee to achieve the 'sweet spot' caffeine intake....
There are some drawbacks though.. like increased dehydration, decreased vit B, magnesium intake. I supp with B at dinner so I don't pee it out after coffee. Blood test shows low B -- not sure if that it is solely to blame on too much coffee. **Edit coffee roasting produces acrylamide which is not good. But benefits seem to outweigh the negatives.
My sleep quality suffers the most by the people I have to meet during the day, by my everyday life - so I am glad the coffee will not kill me, but my life in general...
Splendid news, thank you Brad. In regard to the u shape curve, could that be due to the depletion of thiamine with an over consumption of carbs and caffeine, I am inclined to think so. Coffee has never affected my sleep.
@robertusga over consumption of anything is bad, it just so happens the science says carbs deplete thiamine, have you heard of beri beri. It’s not new knowledge.
I was recommended coffee for my mild fatty liver disease! But such a lot depends on the bean. Some give me the feeling I've taken methamphetamine, get internal tremors, feel shaky, can't stop talking, feel I can solve the world's problems😅 Some knock my heart rhythm into or out of whack. Others are very acidic. So I know which beans/coffee shops to avoid. Can't drink any after 10 am, otherwise insomnia is insane. So i limit myself to 2 shots every second day, and know I'm going to have to double my fibromyalgia meds that night. Interestingly, NAC seems to minimise the effects, I forgot to take it this morning, had my 2 shots, and it's going to be interesting to see what my night is like!
Anecdotally, I have found in the past that I seem to have more muscle stiffness and tightness when I drink coffee daily. Some other information I’ve read seems to support that idea but I’m not sure how reliable or scientific that is. If anyone has seen any research on that aspect of coffee, I’d be interested.
Usually I distrust observational studies but I’ll make an exception for coffee. It’s something nobody lies about and everyone who does so remembers and even plans how much they drink.
The book “Caffeine blues” has insights on the downsides of coffee. Studies that have so optimistic results on a plant’s natural insecticide should be taken with a grain of salt, after digging in funding sources. I love lattes BTW.
I had epilepsy when I was going through puberty. Coffee has always had an "irritant" effect on me emotionally and physically...and I love great coffee😖. But I'm now 64 and (fortunately) seizure-free without medication. Well I recently tried a delicious decaf...freshly brewed as a "flat white" and apparently "swiss water" decaffeinated. Couldn't tell the difference in terms of taste...and I'm fussy!
Coffee causes me headaches. It took years to realize coffee was doing it. Switching to tea and energy drinks stopped it, so presumably it wasn't caffeine.
Brad, did the Coffee Industry fund this "study" that says drinking coffee improves health? You never tell us who funds the studies that you cite. And because you don't, it's harder to trust those studies. Big corporations can -- and often do -- pay researchers for "scientific studies" to promote the big corporation's narrative.
too much is never enough when paranoid, that's okay, that's totally fine, maybe you could kindly go check these affiliations and tell us everything about it, just so we know, would be really nice and teach us all a lesson or two.
@@johnmanco845, What sort of funding sources would satisfy you or just about anybody else? ANSWER: independent sources that do not have a financial or other conflict of interest in the outcome of the scientific studies. Not that long ago we actually had that in America. But over the past ~30 years Big Pharma, the Food Industry and other big corporations have captured the CDC, NIH, FDA and other Federal agencies that are supposed to regulate them. Hopefully the Senate will confirm Robert Kennedy and President Trump’s other appointees to lead U.S. public health agencies, and re-establish these Federal agencies as the world's gold standard in independent scientific research.
I am British and drink black tea in the morning. I wanted to know if there was anything specific in coffee that is causing these apparent benefits, how much is based on the caffeine itself. Maybe I could introduce a coffee if there is something unique about it.
Curious about the stomach acidity thing? Have a friend who is a long term coffee drinker but has also had long term reflux issues and stomach issues, while having to be on drugs long term to help address this as well, which is not ideal.
3:34 Oh great I switched to a French press to avoid hot liquid + black plastic (most coffee machines) and now the French press isn't good. UGH. Its so annoying and hard to keep up.
@@LencoTB I wonder which one is worse or what else would be even better? I am not deterred I just have to keep up and it gets exhausting but I am not giving up.
Just think how shocking it is that people used to argue that coffee must be bad for you, based on flaky reasoning. There is surely a lesson there in how to reason from evidence to advice.
I love my morning coffee!
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My espresso machine watched this video before I did, fortunately it liked the message and unlocked my laptop
That’s cool you got early access to the OpenAI day 12 update 🤩
Thank Heaven! You scared me almost to death with the thought of giving up coffee!
If that's not addiction I don't know what is 😂
RATHER, THANK JESUS, BECAUSE HE SITS ON THE WHITE THRONE IN HIS HOLY HEAVEN ❤
It's an addiction we want to continue having!
Only the addictions we would like not having are bad. 🙂
I've been drinking coffee more than 60 years, and not once tried to give it up. There probably are many like me.
That, I think, should tell us something!
@larsnystrom6698 "ADDICTION" IS FAR TOO STRONG AND NEGATIVE WORD FOR SUCH GOD-GIVEN-LIQUID :D
Seriously!
Over the past 35+ years, numerous studies with the intent no doubt of uncovering the dangers of coffee drinking have consistently shown just the opposite. Moderate coffee drinking is beneficial. If you’re worried about too much caffeine, then moderate with decaf. Cheers!
I'm almost certain this is because coffee, decaf included, is a potent appetite suppressant. Most of the benefits I suspect are from simply eating less calories.
@@CommanderRiker0 Then we'd be seeing an even more positive effect from nicotine which is a stronger appetite supressant.
Coffee is just genuinely healthy unless you overdo the caffeine to the point of shaking or its disrupting your sleep.
@@serioserkanalname499 No you wouldn't because most nicotine comes from smoking. The sample size of people just using nicotine is infinitesimal compared to coffee.
@@serioserkanalname499 Most nicotine comes from smoking. We don't have enough data from just "nicotine" usage, its tiny.
@@serioserkanalname499 This is bad logic. You can't use simple reduction with organic bio-chemistry like this. Besides the vast majority of nicotine being from smoking, it can still be the case that calorie reduction from coffee consumption confers benefits while nicotine doesn't. I suspect a lot of the "longevity" studies giving copious amounts of drugs to rats simply reduces their appetite.
coffee also reduces iron, zinc and magnesium absorption.
On the whole, since the long term studies are epidemiological, with low relative incident rates, so as you say, we need experimental / controlled studies.
I am 3 years without coffea💪, now i drink Teechino ❤
@defeqel6537
I think they showed very little effect of these absorption reduction, plus you only need to have enough gap between your coffee and meals and you should be good
@@tamir.s IIRC it was on the order of 60%, and in combination with some other foods, close to 100%. I don't remember seeing results on how long it takes for the effect to subside, but 1-4 hours would be my guess. Caffeine also decrease magnesium reabsorption, so you lose more of it.
Is that coffee in general - or caffeine in particular - that interferes with absorption?
@@danguee1 coffee in general, IIRC it's the polyphenols that affect it
You should be proud of yourself for the amazing work you've done researching and informing people with vital contend health related! Keep up the great job!
F my cortisol, I’m ready to get coffee wrecked. 🫨
(Great video, Brad)
🤣🤣🤣
You, Brad and Gill are the only 3 I follow without having to take your words with a big grain of Celtic salt. It is nice to have good sources that present evidence rather than just hype from the latest media craze that source exaggerated claims from flawed studies.
@@Drgluee Who is Gill?
@@Drgluee I don't know Gill either, but Brad is the only one I follow.
I guess he means Gil Carvalho who has a great channel called nutrition made simple. I highly recommend it, as well as Nicolas Verhoevens of course. 👌
Research will always show what those who fund it want it to show.
always? nope!
Incredible summary, thank you!
As a long black with no sugar drinker, I feel vindicated😊 I've toyed with the idea of quitting the bean. But it seems the bean is actually a good thing😃
Wait until you try flicking it.
@RandyGleason 😂
Excellent video Brad - thank you for your work
There’s a great conversation between James Hoffman and one of the most prolific research scientists on the topic of coffee consumption. There are some great benefits to moderate consumption (in the first half of the day). Apart from the polyphenols and whatnot coffee actually contains a surprising amount of fiber.. more than orange juice.
Why would coffee have any fiber at all? Its all filtered out.
@ as it turns out it isn’t filtered out. There’s about 0.5-0.75 grams of soluble fibre per 100g of brewed coffee
@@antonc81 interesting
Great video! 🙏🏼
As a big coffee drinker I'm glad to see mostly positive and few negative effects.
💥 You look fantastic, Dr. Brad! 💥💕
excellent discussion
Thanks Doc! I was glad to hear about the cortisol level study.
Awesome video Dr Brad
Last time I tried to quit coffee - 3 weeks in I feel into a deep depression.
That’s why I filled my pool with coffee
It take 2 months without coffea, and then your body feel ok & better...I am 3 years without coffea💪, now i drink Teechino ❤
I love coffee, but the anxiety it gives me is just too much so I had to stop it. I occasionally drink decaf but even that gives me some minor jitters.
I’m the same. Stick to decaf and I don’t get anxiety
I wonder how it impacts sleep even when people drink it early. There are some anecdotes that I've read on Hacker News that people with insomnia need to quit it all-together. I'd love if to see a study about that. Specifically, does it influence sleep quality of: people with insomnia and healthy people when coffee is consumed only within the first 4 hours of the day.
Anecdotal evidence is obviously not enough, but I do think it warrants an investigation.
Everyone metabolizes caffeine differently…. If I drink coffee anytime past 1pm, my sleep is affected…
But my daughter will drink a coffee after supper around 6pm and sleep like a log. It’s crazy…
more than one cup at 7 AM causes serious sleep disturbance but my wife can drink it all day.
Anecdotal is perfectly relevant for yourself at the end of the day and working out what works for you or not. Your actual lived experience can be more important than what data is saying sometimes, believe it or not.
Amazing! Thank you!
Great video mate 🤙🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Went from 3 teaspoons of sugar to 2. A months later to 1 teaspoon. My taste buds got used to it and now it is just as good as when I was putting in 3. A year later the change has lasted.
It seems to me that all of these studies could be subject to the same biases that resulted in the misbegotten conclusion that moderate alcohol intake is causally associated with good health. When the vast majority of the population consumes a beverage, healthy user bias and reverse causality are important considerations, for sure.
Thanks for summarising so many studies of coffee and health
Thanks a lot for this super summary about Coffee
You mentioned that finer roasts will deliver more caffeine, but you have to consider that finer grinds are usually reserved for espresso, which is USUALLY a darker roast and darker roasts have been found to be LOWER in caffeine, so that kinda balances out.
I read a study that correlated alcoholics and churros. Alcoholics that drank coffee everyday didn’t get as much churros as non coffoholics. But the confounding variable is that those that drink coffee in morning probably aren’t morning drinkers as much as coffee drinkers. So if you drink 24/7 you will get churros if nothing else gets you.
*didn’t feel like correcting my stupid autocorrect
I was nervous reading the title...thought I was gonna have to give up my morning coffee.
It's called "click bait"
Me too😉
Great video thanks
Solid scholarship, Dr. Stanfield. Two points: the "sweet spot" for dementia may be related to smoking confounding. Probably ok to drink even higher amounts of coffee. Second, the non-caffeine benefits of coffee are probably due to the polyphenols. Many think the beneficial organic chemicals from plants primarily come from vegetables, but for most, coffee provides the majority of their polyphenol intake. I've written more about coffee on my Unaging blog.
I would have thought that obvious confounding factors like a positive or negative association of coffee drinking with with smoking or sugar consumption, would have been taken ito account.
@ it was, but smoking was recorded as yes/no, instead of amount, so I believe the increased coffee correlation with smoking was missed
We wonder if the results would be even more promising if the studies analyzed people who drank organic specialty coffees. (basically high quality arabica coffees, grown at elevation, by experienced farmers and roasted in small batches?
No one is going to take my kopi luwak away from me!
Thanks 🎉❤
Phew! Thanks Dr Stanfield thought you were going to say that coffee is so bad for you. I love my 2 cups of coffee in the morning, couldn't get through the day without them. I drink the best coffee, in my opinion, which is the finely ground Turkish coffee, the only coffee I can drink without milk, but unfortunately it is unfiltered. Hey ho and hello from the UK, I love your videos!
I put a good pinch of baking soda in my coffee. This neutralizes the acid and I never have any troubles from coffee by doing that. I love my morning coffee with a little clove and cardamom ground in with the beans and a little coconut oil added.
The hilarious thing is, all the benefits from coffee is the antioxidants and flavonoids, so zero to do with the caffeine. In fact, the caffeine is the only reason for the heart risk with Arrhythmia.
Decaf (from watered method, NOT chemical method) provides all the benefits and taste with zero of the downsides.
One last thing that was not mentioned is caffeine half life varies widely person to person. Average is correct at 5 hours, but this is on a scale of 1.5 to 9.5 hours. So the advise given in this video is not accurate for everyone.
Without taking anything away from a great video, I knew during my medical school pharmacology days that moderate intake of coffee ( 2 max) improved fatty livers and hepatic function. The key is not too strong and not too much. The other components of the jigsaw puzzle are: the flavinoids in the beans and the effect caffeine has on mental function and the neuro hormonal-Dopa, Serotonin system.
coffee increases gluconeogenesis, so it makes sense that it would reduce liver fat, but increased blood sugar might not be beneficial if you aren't actively using it, it may even be harmful. Granted AFAIK the effect is quite small
Another awesome video!
Love Coffee 😊
I'd be curious to know how many of the things you say in this video apply to caffeine, and how many only apply to coffee. I don't like coffee, so I take caffeine pills if I want to have caffeine. I wonder if that's roughly same good as coffee, or if that's a totally different thing overall.
It's very different. It's the other components of coffee they say are beneficial. The Polyphenol antioxidant content etc. Hence he said decaffeinated coffee had similar beneficial effects in the studies he mentions.
So sick of hearing all the myths. Thank you for the good information. I love my coffee in the morning.
Indeed. Not sure why but several scare stories have popped up for me recently on the utter devastation unfiltered coffee will inflict on your body. Glad there are some excellent counter points to all that BS.
What myths, Uncle. this slurry is the most popular after oil. so imagine what pesticides and herbicides it is watered with, and what gets into your glass.
@@jackfaber7710 blah blah blah
Who Paid for the Studies ?
People who make money growing , and , or , Selling Coffee ?
Ever heard of organic? You may not like coffee but lots of people do. Go ahead and drink whatever you like and I’ll drink what I like. Is that OK with you?
What about acrylamide in roasted coffee?
Brad, What about green tea or tea in general? Is it the same effect as coffee?
better!
I can't stand the taste (unfortunately) but it's probably far better for you than coffee...which I love (when it's made to my taste!) But I'm sure anything that has been roasted, (carbonised to some extent) and that we ingest can't be "wonderful" for us! Green Tea leaves are just dried and crushed and full of umpteen beneficial compounds like Polyphenols etc. If you can bear the taste drink it with abandon!
You need to define how many oz. of coffee in a cup? Coffee cups come in many different sizes.
Coffee good or bad depends on your mineral levels and cortisol levels
Which minerals?
Looking fresh mate
It was not mentioned that darker roasts contain more acrylamide which is now considered harmful
Actually it is the opposite, acrylamide is lower in dark roasts. And tastes even better!
@@mickelachlan the more you roast any food the more acrylamide is generated.
@ the more you roast any food the more acrylamide is generated
@@LencoTB Several testresults here in Sweden shows dark roast equals less acrylamide in the brands we drink. I understand that it seems counterintuitive.
@ Hi Neighbour, I believe you it is just that I’ve read that in our Forbrugerrådet Test that dark roasted coffee like dark roasted toast, potatoes etc create more content of acrylamide just because of the “burning” process. Then I investigate it and had a break from coffee. As a normal informed citizen it is hard to find the correct path. The truth as always is somewhere in the middle.
I wonder if cocoa would have a similar effect.
The US-based academics with channels were mentioning the timing of that first cup of coffee, recommending that first cup for later in the morning. Your refutation based on the research makes much more sense. Get it early, ride the wave, enjoy the benefits during the day and allow adenosine to work in the evening to allow for better sleep.
My mothers doctor told her to drink a cup of coffee to stop her milk supply when she needed to wean her youngest child at 5 months. She drank 1 cup at evening, one the next morning and that was the last of it.
Please do a video on the benefits of tea and cocoa, if there are any.
While cafestol and kahweol in unfiltered coffee do raise LDL cholesterol and could pose a risk for heart health in excessive amounts, they also offer antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, support liver function , and potential anti-cancer benefits. The key is moderation.
The title of this video had me concerned. All of my grandparents emigrated to American from Sweden. I grew up in Swedish communities and coffee was ever present, coffee was referred to as Swedish gasoline. There was even a certain coffee that was at one time promoted by the king of Sweden. So I grew up drinking and loving coffee, dark black coffee with no sugar and mostly no cream. So I thought you were going to give coffee a bad wrap but was pleasantly surprised by the information in your video, although I've known that information for quite a long time. I roast my own coffee and have many different ways to brew coffee, including drip coffee, espresso machine, vacuum pot, french press, pour over etc. I find that when brewing drip coffee a metal filter leaves some undesirable flavors where as a paper filter filters out an element that makes the coffee not as good. How ever when I brew coffee in a vacuum pot the coffee is sucked through a glass tube with a glass rod inserted in it which has tiny bumps on it and it filters out the coffee leaving almost no coffee fines and it makes a really good cup. So any way I say along with Patrick Henry, give me coffee or give me death.
The only thing you should be looking at in any study is who paid for it
So have you looked at all the studies mentioned and have you evaluated the results?
Can you do something on the Endo cannabinoid system?
Been using french press at home for many years. Thanks for telling me to use a filter, will do.
Here in England you can buy German "Westmark" plastic filter cones. They just sit on top of the drinking cup. They're really cheap and you just need the right size paper filters to go in them. Very easy & less washing-up than a French Press!
Filters might contain microplastics that you get out into the coffee. I’m like you and French press so I asked the question in the comments what the chemical reason is for French being worse.
Love your content Brad. Too bad the youtube algorithm forces the use of catchy headlines haha. I bet you hate that.
Very interesting. Coffee seems to make my face a bit greasy, and it certainly feels hard on the guts with me, and I'm not prone to stomach problems.
I'd be interested to know which is better, tea or coffee - and whether either inhibit the uptake of any other nutrients, or effect them.
Inositol is a great sugar substitute. Try adding it to your coffee ☕🍬
I would try glycine, but not in coffee, since I don't want to corrupt it's taste with sweeteners. But that's just me, being sweet enough 🙂
Inositol is not sweet at least the one I take. Mine has no taste.
How about the Nespresso capsules, are they any good?
man the clickbait thumbnail had me worried but I'm glad I don't have to quit caffeine
Green tea vs Coffee please❤🙏
Don't forget the difference between robusta and arabica coffee, Guys. Robusta - found extensively in shop-bought coffee brands (eg lavazza, segafredo) and instant coffee - is MUCH higher in caffeine typically than arabica. If you get your coffee in a proper coffee shop or choose arabica beans for home baristing, you'll be getting a lot less caffeine and need more coffee to achieve the 'sweet spot' caffeine intake....
There are some drawbacks though.. like increased dehydration, decreased vit B, magnesium intake. I supp with B at dinner so I don't pee it out after coffee. Blood test shows low B -- not sure if that it is solely to blame on too much coffee. **Edit coffee roasting produces acrylamide which is not good. But benefits seem to outweigh the negatives.
My sleep quality suffers the most by the people I have to meet during the day, by my everyday life - so I am glad the coffee will not kill me, but my life in general...
Watching this while making my morning coffee
Splendid news, thank you Brad.
In regard to the u shape curve, could that be due to the depletion of thiamine with an over consumption of carbs and caffeine, I am inclined to think so.
Coffee has never affected my sleep.
Ah yes, we always have to blame "carbs" for everything, right? Oh and "seed oils".
@robertusga over consumption of anything is bad, it just so happens the science says carbs deplete thiamine, have you heard of beri beri. It’s not new knowledge.
What’s the sweet spot for consuming green tea?
I was recommended coffee for my mild fatty liver disease!
But such a lot depends on the bean. Some give me the feeling I've taken methamphetamine, get internal tremors, feel shaky, can't stop talking, feel I can solve the world's problems😅
Some knock my heart rhythm into or out of whack. Others are very acidic. So I know which beans/coffee shops to avoid.
Can't drink any after 10 am, otherwise insomnia is insane. So i limit myself to 2 shots every second day, and know I'm going to have to double my fibromyalgia meds that night. Interestingly, NAC seems to minimise the effects, I forgot to take it this morning, had my 2 shots, and it's going to be interesting to see what my night is like!
Is instant coffee in the filtered or unfiltered category?
Anecdotally, I have found in the past that I seem to have more muscle stiffness and tightness when I drink coffee daily. Some other information I’ve read seems to support that idea but I’m not sure how reliable or scientific that is. If anyone has seen any research on that aspect of coffee, I’d be interested.
Usually I distrust observational studies but I’ll make an exception for coffee.
It’s something nobody lies about and everyone who does so remembers and even plans how much they drink.
Can you do a video comparing the health benefits of Tea and Coffee?
The book “Caffeine blues” has insights on the downsides of coffee. Studies that have so optimistic results on a plant’s natural insecticide should be taken with a grain of salt, after digging in funding sources.
I love lattes BTW.
Thoughts on MCT oil in coffee?
I'm epileptic and coffee does some harm to me particularly. Sad.
Decaf?
Go with a good quality decaf, they are roughly 97% void of caffeine and still taste great
Decaf has enough caffeine for me to get the jitters. A chocolate bar also does same. Some people NEED to avoid caffeine altogether. @Fab666.
@@larryc1616 yeah, decaf will work for me!
I had epilepsy when I was going through puberty. Coffee has always had an "irritant" effect on me emotionally and physically...and I love great coffee😖. But I'm now 64 and (fortunately) seizure-free without medication. Well I recently tried a delicious decaf...freshly brewed as a "flat white" and apparently "swiss water" decaffeinated. Couldn't tell the difference in terms of taste...and I'm fussy!
I have to drink my last coffee at 16:00, it's a must also with something sweet.
Nice misleading thumbnail Brad
Can you complain any more?
Instant coffee is supposed to have less cholesterol due to the way it's processed.
Why would a plant like coffee have cholesterol at all?
I think a possible question is whether or not drinking coffee can raise colesterol. Things that raise cholesterol do not have to contain cholesterol.
people worry about cholesterol way too much
@@defeqel6537what do you mean? Are you saying that raised LDL is not a bad thing? If so then why?
Coffee causes me headaches. It took years to realize coffee was doing it.
Switching to tea and energy drinks stopped it, so presumably it wasn't caffeine.
My grandmother lived to be 96 years old. She drank at least 3 cups of coffee a day.
What about the claims that coffee depletes our mineral sources as well as causes the reduction of nitric oxide, which is crucial for the arteries.
Love coffee. Thought I was being good by switching to metal filter or bodum but had to back to disposable paper filters due to LDL
Brad, did the Coffee Industry fund this "study" that says drinking coffee improves health? You never tell us who funds the studies that you cite. And because you don't, it's harder to trust those studies. Big corporations can -- and often do -- pay researchers for "scientific studies" to promote the big corporation's narrative.
My thoughts exactly as well
Very possibly true!
too much is never enough when paranoid, that's okay, that's totally fine, maybe you could kindly go check these affiliations and tell us everything about it, just so we know, would be really nice and teach us all a lesson or two.
What sort of funding sources would satisfy you? Governments? If you have a bias, then anything will be looked at with scrutiny
@@johnmanco845, What sort of funding sources would satisfy you or just about anybody else? ANSWER: independent sources that do not have a financial or other conflict of interest in the outcome of the scientific studies. Not that long ago we actually had that in America. But over the past ~30 years Big Pharma, the Food Industry and other big corporations have captured the CDC, NIH, FDA and other Federal agencies that are supposed to regulate them. Hopefully the Senate will confirm Robert Kennedy and President Trump’s other appointees to lead U.S. public health agencies, and re-establish these Federal agencies as the world's gold standard in independent scientific research.
I drink 4 large strong cups of coffee every day, that is 1 litre!
But never at night.
It is my only addiction, and I love it!
I am British and drink black tea in the morning. I wanted to know if there was anything specific in coffee that is causing these apparent benefits, how much is based on the caffeine itself. Maybe I could introduce a coffee if there is something unique about it.
Curious about the stomach acidity thing? Have a friend who is a long term coffee drinker but has also had long term reflux issues and stomach issues, while having to be on drugs long term to help address this as well, which is not ideal.
There is always some negative effect of anything if used under some conditions.
Does this include Decaf as well?
Dr. can you comment on the effects of coffee on osteoporosis? I think caffeine lowers the absorption of calcium.
Please tell us who funds whatever studies you cite, otherwise how can we trust them?
I get a dull head ache if I do not drink coffee in the morning.
3:34 Oh great I switched to a French press to avoid hot liquid + black plastic (most coffee machines) and now the French press isn't good. UGH. Its so annoying and hard to keep up.
Totally agree and also asked the same question. I try to avoid the microplastics in filters
@@LencoTB I wonder which one is worse or what else would be even better? I am not deterred I just have to keep up and it gets exhausting but I am not giving up.
@ I’m sticking to my gut feeling and avoid filters and continuing French press.
@@LencoTB Definitely, if I ever find anything safer I will let you know... whoever you are!
Just think how shocking it is that people used to argue that coffee must be bad for you, based on flaky reasoning. There is surely a lesson there in how to reason from evidence to advice.
Should I switch from Americano to filtered black coffee?
Just chew raw coffee beans
what about matcha? I drink both.
I drink many cups of coffee and tea. Feel so good. Easy sleep and no side effects.
Huberman and Healthy Gamer need a good old cup of Brad's Coffee.
Legit.
I wonder if the combo of coffee + dark chocolate works even better
Use non sugar whipping cream in place of milk or regular cream as it doesn't contain sugar.