The Health Benefits of Coffee
The Health Benefits of Coffee
An informative essay presented to
Dr. Marianne Jennifer M. Gaerlan
Department of English and Applied Linguistics
De La Salle University
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for
ENGLCOM
Term 1, AY 2012-2013
By:
Divina Kristina S. Red
V24B
14 August 2012
Have you ever questioned the existence of coffee or even wondered what it contains? Coffee is a drink that most people of today are familiar with and it is not just your average drink. Its popularity these days is associated with the different coffee shops that we can see today --- Starbucks, Coffee Bean or Seattle's Best. Behind those cups, don't you marvel on what your body is taking? Coffee used to have a negative effect on our bodies, but recent researches have proven that wrong. We think that coffee is just a drink to block our thirst but what you do not know is that it brings a whole pack of health benefits for our body. Coffee contains anti-oxidants that may offer some cardiovascular protection and research is showing that it reduces the likelihood of developing diabetes (President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2006). Given this statement, we should be happy about this good news. Coffee is considered questionable for our health but most people do not know that it brings us several health benefits.
Coffee's major contents are caffeine and antioxidants. It is prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. From this, different types of coffee could be produced. In a coffee shop, one could observe that it serves different types of coffee like Americano, Cafe Latte, Espresso, Macchiato, Decaf, Frappuccino and Cappuccino. People choose what they want depending on their taste. Behind ordering and drinking coffee, what most people do not know is the benefits that a person could acquire from drinking coffee. Based on what the researchers have discovered, it has been proven that coffee gives a medicinal effect for those who
An informative essay presented to
Dr. Marianne Jennifer M. Gaerlan
Department of English and Applied Linguistics
De La Salle University
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for
ENGLCOM
Term 1, AY 2012-2013
By:
Divina Kristina S. Red
V24B
14 August 2012
Have you ever questioned the existence of coffee or even wondered what it contains? Coffee is a drink that most people of today are familiar with and it is not just your average drink. Its popularity these days is associated with the different coffee shops that we can see today --- Starbucks, Coffee Bean or Seattle's Best. Behind those cups, don't you marvel on what your body is taking? Coffee used to have a negative effect on our bodies, but recent researches have proven that wrong. We think that coffee is just a drink to block our thirst but what you do not know is that it brings a whole pack of health benefits for our body. Coffee contains anti-oxidants that may offer some cardiovascular protection and research is showing that it reduces the likelihood of developing diabetes (President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2006). Given this statement, we should be happy about this good news. Coffee is considered questionable for our health but most people do not know that it brings us several health benefits.
Coffee's major contents are caffeine and antioxidants. It is prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. From this, different types of coffee could be produced. In a coffee shop, one could observe that it serves different types of coffee like Americano, Cafe Latte, Espresso, Macchiato, Decaf, Frappuccino and Cappuccino. People choose what they want depending on their taste. Behind ordering and drinking coffee, what most people do not know is the benefits that a person could acquire from drinking coffee. Based on what the researchers have discovered, it has been proven that coffee gives a medicinal effect for those who
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