6 Make-Ahead Meals That Are Ready When You Are
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: produce season! Literally everything is ripe for the picking, which means that this is the optimal time to up your fruit and vegetable game. This perfectly coincides with our tendency to crave lighter and more refreshing fare during warmer weather without spending...
From the Coffee Shop
Superfoods
With all of the new “healthy” foods on the market today with fancy names and packaging, it’s important to remember the regular foods in our diet that are just as healthy! Here are a few “superfoods” you’re probably already eating: Coffee: As you know, coffee protects against several types of cancers, Type II Diabetes, and Parkinson’s Disease. It also helps with digestion, concentration, and is the leading source of antioxidants in the US diet. Yogurt: Yogurt contains probiotics, which help with digestion and can reduce the risk of stomach ulcers and breast cancer. This is also...
Coffee Helps with Weight Loss?
A new study this month which was presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego shows that coffee taken as a supplement may help people lose weight. The study involved 16 obese patients who were given green coffee extract in a capsule form daily, and results were dramatic (in my opinion). On average, adding this small amount of coffee extract to their diets (while keeping everything else constant) caused, on average, an 11% reduction in body weight! Chlorogenic acid, which is unprocessed, unroasted coffee’s primary ingredient, may be the weight-loss factor of this study, rather...
No Link Between Coffee and Psoriasis
Studies have linked drinking beer and smoking cigarettes to developing the skin ailment psoriasis. Not so with coffee! Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston looked at more than 82,000 participants over 14 years to determine there is no link between drinking coffee and developing psoriasis. Initially it did appear caffeine might have played a role in the development of psoriasis; however, those who drank more coffee typically also drank more alcohol and smoked cigarettes. Over time it became apparent the link was to the alcohol and smoking, not coffee. Psoriasis is caused by an abnormal immune system attack...
National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month! Everyone knows nutrition plays a huge role in maintaining a healthy body and protecting against chronic disease, and here are some ways HealthWise Coffee can help: - Antioxidants: These help protect the body against disease, by fighting off free radicals which attack healthy cells and cause illness. Coffee is the leading source of antioxidants in the US diet, and over half of Americans enjoy it each day. - Minerals: Minerals are essential for normal body functioning, from bone health to the ability to focus. HealthWise Coffee has a patented roasting formula which allows it to...
Coffee Consumption Does Not Increase Heart Disease Risk
While we know coffee protects against several diseases, a recent study also shows that coffee drinkers have no increased risk for heart disease. A German study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition studied over 40,000 people without chronic conditions over a decade and found that healthy adults enjoying up to 4 cups of coffee daily are at no more risk than their non-coffee drinking friends. Despite previous studies that produced conflicting results, this study showed that coffee drinkers and non-drinkers were similarly likely to develop both ailments. It also showed coffee drinkers are about 23% less likely to...
