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Coffee is Good for YOU

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Never thought of coffee is bad for you after you have read this article - Is coffee good or bad for your health?

As a coffee enthusiast myself, I often heard that “Coffee is bad for your health”, Well, I don’t think so, I would state that “Coffee is Good for YOU”

If you have read up the article that I had mentioned earlier, it shows that coffee is the number one source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are substances that may protect your cells against the effects of free radicals, it’s has the ability to protect your body’s cells from being destroyed by toxins. Toxins are destructive which could cause certain critical illnesses, such as cancer and heart disease.

Fruits and veggies contains Antioxidants, however it’s true that many of us took up coffee more than fruits and veggies as our daily dose of antioxidants.

If you are craving for antioxidants, here’s the Top 10 sources of antioxidants you can take:
(source : Antioxidants - Top 10 foods)  

1.  Small Red Beans
2.  Wild Blueberry
3.  Red Kidney Bean
4.  Dried Beans
5.  Pinto Bean
6.  Blueberry
7.  Cranberry
8.  Artichoke
9.  Dried Prune 
10.Raspberry

Despite all the given top foods for antioxidants, it was still not among the popular foods pick for antioxidants, coffee is still among the popular to consume either you know or unknown about the facts. This doesn’t mean that you need to consume mass amount of coffee for antioxidants, like everything in life, moderately will keep everything perfect.

Well, what are you waiting for, get yourself a coffee and start antioxidants today and by the way don’t give up fruits and veggies too!