The debate over whether instant coffee is refreshing or ruining health

But in general, the word coffee involved in the study is basically coffee ground from coffee beans without additional ingredients, so is there any difference between coffee and the instant coffee and coffee drinks that we often drink? Drinking coffee is good for your health, does it mean that drinking instant coffee is also good for your health?

Coffee is refreshing ≠ instant coffee is also refreshing

When coffee was first discovered by indigenous Africans, people found that they were inexplicably excited when they ate coffee. After research, people understand that the reason why drinking coffee will be particularly excited, to achieve a refreshing effect, which is entirely due to the large amount of caffeine contained in coffee. Caffeine has a strong bitter taste and can stimulate the central nervous system, heart and respiratory system, making people forget fatigue and excitement.

However, according to a study in Japan, depending on people's physique, drinking more than five cups of instant coffee a day may not achieve a refreshing effect, because instant coffee has been separated from the original concentration of coffee beans. add other flavors such as cream, syrup, coffee companions, etc., in an instant coffee, the real coffee content is only about 1/4 to 1/3 of the original ground coffee. After the concentration of caffeine is reduced, the refreshing effect of instant coffee is greatly reduced. Just like drinking green tea can relieve fatigue, but the green tea drinks on the market have no effect. Of course, it cannot be denied that some people who are more sensitive to nerves can cheer up even after drinking instant coffee.

Coffee has a healthy effect, but it doesn't mean that instant coffee is also good for health.

According to studies on the relationship between coffee and the human body around the world, different amounts of coffee consumed are effective for different types of cancer prevention, and of course there are different side effects. For example, coffee can lower blood pressure and prevent ovarian and oral cancer, but it can also lead to miscarriage and calcium deficiency. Although the health benefits of coffee cannot be ignored, the real coffee content in instant coffee is reduced, and the effects of polyphenols and caffeine on the human body are open to question. What is more worrying is that in the production process of instant coffee, in order to meet people's taste needs, a large amount of sugar is often added, and too much sugar intake is not conducive to human health.

On the package of a famous instant coffee brand, you can see that the nutritional composition table shows that each serving of instant coffee contains 260KJ, protein 0.3g, fat 2.4g, carbohydrate 9g, sodium 40mg. The so-called "per serving" instant coffee refers to a packaged strip of 13 grams each, of which fat and carbohydrates account for 11.4 grams. Although we will pour instant coffee into the water and drink it, the sugar and energy contained in it should not be ignored.

Third, refreshing tea is healthier than coffee

Chinese people always like to drink tea, which also has a refreshing effect, because tea also contains the same ingredients as coffee-caffeine and polyphenols, but the concentration is different from that of coffee. Why tea is healthier than coffee is because natural coffee contains sugar and fat even without any manual processing. Every 100 grams of coffee beans contain 16 grams of fat and 46.7 grams of sugar, even if you buy fresh coffee beans to grind your own coffee, you will inevitably eat some sugar and fat. Tea, which does not contain any fat or carbohydrates, is a zero-energy drink. Since the refreshing effect is about the same, naturally the tea with lower energy is healthier, and of course, for people who are losing weight, the significance of choosing tea will be more obvious.

Fourth, how to choose coffee drinks? The national standard is still missing.

Although instant coffee may not be good for health, there are many people who like instant coffee. If we can't give up instant coffee, can we choose healthier instant coffee? Can we choose a certain item of data as a standard entry point like milk? Unfortunately, the country does not have clear norms and standards for coffee beverages. However, when consumers usually buy coffee and coffee beverage products, they can pay attention to the nutritional composition table, the values of carbohydrates and energy are relatively low, which shows that the sugar added from outside is relatively less and healthier.

Any food, including water, is a double-edged sword with both positive and negative effects, and any talk about toxicity without the dose is a hooliganism. Netizens who like coffee need to restrain their intake, not unlimited intake. Those netizens who are more sensitive need to be careful not to drink coffee and strong tea after 3 p.m., so as to prevent the effect of caffeine from lasting into the evening, causing insomnia and affecting their work and life the next day.