Health
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Coffee Benefits
Caffeine is the main ingredient in coffee, and it is this that has made it popular. Caffeine has a stimulating effect, which means that it gives people more energy and increases alertness. Coffee also contains polyphenols, which have antioxidant properties and are thought to be a big reason coffee provides a health advantage. An August 2017 study in the “Annals of Internal Medicine” reported some good news for coffee drinkers. The first study included a sample of 185,855 African Americans, Native Hawaiians, Latinos, Japanese Americans, and whites. The 16-year study concluded that those who drank four or more cups of coffee a day were 18 percent less likely to die…