Drink Coffee, Live Longer 69/84

I'm going to keep this one short and sweet; coffee is amazingly healthy for you. Not only is the list of benefits long, but the benefits listed are really important ones that have a massive effect on your life. I'm going to keep this one in list form because everyone loves lists, but you can find more detail on each one of these points and each is actually backed by scientific research. Here's a list of some health benefits of drinking coffee

I'm going to keep this one short and sweet; coffee is amazingly healthy for you. Not only is the list of benefits long, but the benefits listed are really important ones that have a massive effect on your life. I'm going to keep this one in list form because everyone loves lists, but you can find more detail on each one of these points and each is actually backed by scientific research. Here's a list of some health benefits of drinking coffee

• Improved Energy Level (duh)
• Increase Motivation 
• Minor Burn Fat 
• Increased Performance 
• Lower Risk of Diabetes
• Protection from Alzheimer's and Dementia
• Lower the Risk of Parkinson's 
• Reduced Liver Disease 
• Decreased Depression
• Decreased Risk of Liver Cancer
• Decreased Risk of Colon Cancer
• Decreased Risk of Stroke
• Decreased Mortality 
• Super High in Antioxidants    

Pretty important list right? Seems like something I'd want to take advantage of cause living longer is sweet. As far as life expectancy, studies have shown around 18-26% long life span in coffee drinkers. That's rather significant. Most of the recommendations I've seen are somewhere around 4-6 cups of coffee per day. Keep in mind this is fluid cups, not 4-6 coffee mugs worth. The average mug is about 2 cups so you're looking at 2-3 mugs per day for these benefits. Also, this isn't about coffee loaded up with cream and sugar. Black is where it's at and you should give it a try. If you don't like black coffee then you don't actually like coffee. You can try it iced if you don't like it hot and often times cold brew tastes a bit sweeter.  One final point, I try to avoid caffeine after 3pm as often as possible even if you're someone who doesn't react a ton to caffeine you should consider this. Even if you fall asleep easily, it has been shown that the QUALITY of sleep can go down quite a bit. And that's arguably more important than quantity.

So go load up that coffee maker and get ready to smash some brew in the morning. I'm trying to take full advantage of that extra 26% of life.