Black Coffee: A Life Savior

Black coffee is a timeless classic that gives tons of great reasons to drink it. One of the most easily prepared drinks of all time.

Nothing much is needed to be done in preparing a cup of black coffee. Just like the way black tea is prepared, all you need to do it to take a bowl containing 1 cup of water, boil it for 2-3 minutes, add a packet of coffee to it, keep boiling for some 3-4 more minutes and it's ready. This simple drink can have such unbelievable benefits to your body that you can not even imagine of.

Although you would have to compromise with the taste if you prepare it exactly the above mentioned way (since it would taste slightly bitter due to no added sugar), you can modify it without reducing its benefits by adding some honey to it.

Coffee is a major source of antioxidants and has many vital nutrients essential for a human body.

Here are various other benefits of drinking black coffee:-

Improving energy levels

Coffee can help people feel less tired and drowsy. You would often have heard students drinking coffee while going for late night studies. It is because of the 'caffeine' present that keeps the body active and energetic.

Helps you burn fat

Studies say that caffeine can increase the metabolic rate by 3-11%. Also, caffeine is found in most of the fat-burning supplements. Therefore black coffee can help you burn out fat.

Improving physical performance

Black coffee helps in increasing adrenaline level in the blood hence improving nervous system. Therefore black coffee is said to improve the physical performance by 11-12%. This is the reason why gym trainers also recommend black coffee an hour before the workout.

May lower the risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is said to happen due to increase in blood sugar levels. It has become one of problems that maximum people today are suffering from. For some reason studies have found that people who consume black coffee have risk reduced by 23-50%. Hence it is recommended to drink at least 1 cup of it everyday.

Prevention from Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease

Both of these are the most common neuro based diseases worldwide, often found after the age of 60. They are caused due to death of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain. Coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of these diseases. It should be focused more because there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease found till date.

Not only these but black coffee has many more health benefits. It can fight depression making you feel relaxed, prevent your liver from diseases, can decrease the risk of certain types of cancer and much more. Hence black coffee should be consumed at least once a day and can go up to 2 times at the most.

It should be kept in mind that more than 2 cups a day can prove to be adverse for the body due to the presence of caffeine.