Is it really healthier to drink decaf? Come and see what side effects decaf has!

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Coffee is becoming more and more indispensable to many people's lives. Nevertheless, the palpitations, stomachaches and insomnia that follow after drinking coffee deter some people from caffeine. Is decaffeinated coffee the solution?

Are you worried about palpitations, insomnia, or switching to decaffeinated coffee because of pregnancy?

Drinking coffee and wanting to consume less caffeine is actually related to the variety of coffee beans, grinding particle size, baking method, brewing method, water temperature, extraction time and so on. In addition, you can also choose specially treated decaffeinated coffee. Before roasting, coffee beans extract caffeine so that it contains less than 3% of the original caffeine. According to EU standards, decaffeinated coffee should contain no more than 0.1% of raw beans by weight.

Generally speaking, the side effects of coffee, such as palpitations and insomnia, are mostly caused by caffeine, so drinking decaffeinated coffee is indeed less likely to have palpitations and affect sleep. Some studies have also pointed out that for people who already have high blood sugar or diabetes, low caffeine

It may be a better choice, which is less likely to offset the function of coffee to stabilize blood sugar and aggravate diabetes by consuming too much coffee.

Decaffeine = remove side effects?

But Maria Bella, a dietitian and founder of extreme balanced Nutrition (Top Balance Nutrition), which specializes in weight control and healthy diet counseling in the United States, warns that you should not think that removing caffeine will remove all the side effects of coffee. There are still some health concerns that need to be confirmed by more research.

"many of the health concerns associated with coffee drinking, even if replaced with low caffeine, can still accumulate as a result of drinking too much, such as acid reflux and affecting mineral absorption such as iron, calcium and zinc, which in turn affects bone density," Bella said.

It is worth noting that the Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide (Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide) report even points out that decaffeinated coffee has a higher risk of raising cholesterol than regular coffee.

Although different studies have pointed out that caffeine has the effect of regulating blood lipids, caffeine and caffeinol in coffee are the key to increasing the concentration of triglycerides and cholesterol in the blood. In the past, some researchers suggested that as long as filter paper is used in general coffee, most of the coffee oils can be filtered out, effectively reducing the harm of drinking coffee to increase blood lipids. However, the Harvard report found that decaffeinated coffee, even after being filtered with filter paper, did not have much difference in oil content, which could still lead to an increase in blood lipids.