Coffee is a refreshing necessity for office workers. What are the taboos of coffee?

Coffee is a drink that many people like to drink, especially office workers, coffee can be refreshing, improve work efficiency and work status, so many people drink coffee when they are tired, and they usually like to go to cafes to have a cup of coffee and chat. Coffee also has many health benefits in addition to refreshing, but coffee must pay special attention to its dietary taboos when drinking. How much do we know about coffee dietary taboos?

1. Avoid drinking coffee when smoking

The caffeine in coffee, under the action of nicotine and other inducing substances in cigarettes, is easy to change some tissues and cells of the human body, and even induce cancer.

2. Add the right amount of sugar to the coffee

It has been reported in many places that drinking coffee can help you lose weight, because the caffeine in coffee can make people more excited, thus promoting calorie burning and weight loss. However, after trying the "coffee diet", many people find that instead of losing weight, they have gained weight. In fact, this is because most people add a lot of coffee companions and sugar when drinking coffee, and both partners and sugar can bring a lot of energy, so the calories that caffeine helps the body burn is negligible. Therefore, if you want to prevent excessive calorie intake, it is best to drink coffee with less sugar.

3. Do not drink coffee when you are nervous

If you drink coffee when you are nervous, it will often add to the mess. Caffeine helps to improve alertness, agility and memory, but drinking coffee when you are nervous can cause anxiety and have a negative effect. For people with anxiety disorders, caffeine can worsen symptoms such as sweaty palms, palpitations and tinnitus.

4. Try not to use coffee partners.

The coffee companion has a strong flavor, but it is not good for your health. If you look closely at its list of ingredients, you will find that they all contain "plant fat powder", which is usually made of glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil and sodium caseinate, as well as stabilizers, emulsifiers and anti-caking agents. Hydrogenated vegetable oils contain trans fatty acids, which are more dangerous than saturated fatty acids, which is currently recognized in the field of nutrition. Trans fatty acids have four major hazards: increase blood viscosity and cohesion, promote thrombosis; increase low density lipoprotein cholesterol (bad cholesterol), lower high density lipoprotein cholesterol (good cholesterol), promote arteriosclerosis; increase the incidence of type 2 diabetes and breast cancer; affect the normal growth and development of infants and adolescents, and may have adverse effects on the development of the central nervous system.

5. The elderly should avoid drinking coffee

People need calcium supplements all their lives, and the elderly have more serious calcium deficiency. Coupled with less food intake, they do not absorb much calcium every day, which is far from metabolic needs. The diuretic effect of caffeine can reduce the calcium absorbed by half. If the elderly often drink coffee drinks, it will aggravate the lack of calcium in the body and cause osteoporosis.

6. Children avoid drinking coffee

Children's ADHD is related to the frequent drinking of caffeinated beverages. Drinking more such drinks can cause mood irritability, lead to undiscipline, decline in academic performance, and so on.

7. Do not drink too much coffee

Drinking a moderate amount of coffee can be refreshing, but drinking more coffee than you are used to drinking can be too exciting and even cause nervousness. Therefore, although coffee is good for the human body, you should not drink more than 2 cups a day.

8. Keep a good grasp of the time when drinking coffee

Drinking coffee is best after breakfast and lunch, because it can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help digestion, can break down high-calorie, high-fat foods, and will not cause irritation to the stomach like drinking coffee on an empty stomach. It is best not to drink coffee after dinner to avoid affecting sleep. If you want to stay up all night by drinking coffee, you may drink too much without knowing it, which is bad for your health.

Coffee usually works after drinking for about an hour, but it usually lasts for 4-5 hours. If you want to be energetic during the day, you should drink coffee at 9: 10 a.m. or 2 or 3 p.m. In this way, you can enjoy the benefits of coffee without affecting your sleep.

9. People with hyperlipidemia should avoid drinking coffee

Men who regularly drink caffeine drinks have much higher blood cholesterol than non-drinkers, especially the increase in low density lipoprotein associated with atherosclerosis, which has the effect of promoting atherosclerosis. women who often drink coffee have slightly higher blood cholesterol than normal people.