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Dopamine produces the euphoria

that people often associate with their first

cup of coffee in the morning.

D o you drink coffee? Odds are that you have a can switch to decaffeinated drink, but the reality is that

coffee machine in your office. It may just produce
caffeine is the one who gets us through those non-pro-
instant coffee, but it still produces a cup of caf-
for caffeine to reach its peak levels in your bloodstream.
feine when you need it. What about at home? ductive periods. It takes approximately 15 to 45 minutes
And how far away are the nearest coffee shops? Truth is that Caffeine has a half-life of approximately five to six hours,
we are surrounded by coffee and caffeine. As we live in a meaning that it takes this long for its concentration in
time that demands high productivity and if you live in a large your bloodstream to reduce by half. When it reaches your
urban centre like Tokyo or Seoul, there is a demand for brain, it affects your body in numerous ways, including
productivity at all hours of the day. We have standardized energizing you, making mind more clear and giving abil-
labour production so that we don’t necessarily work when ity to manage migraine, headaches and drowsiness. Re-
it’s best for us, and coffee not only gets the day started, it cent researches have shown that coffee may help prevent
gets us through the day. diseases like stroke and certain cancers, lower risks of
Whether you fill yourself with coffee just for ener- Parkinson’s disease and dementia, as well as boost our
gy or you like to sip it little by little, enjoying the taste, concentration and memory. According to the National
coffee is still in your life and we want to show you couple Institutes of Health (NIH), it is due to coffee being a seed
more reasons why the cup of joe is worth brewing. and like all seeds, containing natural fats, sugars and
protein, they’re also loaded with protective compounds.
Love Chemistry As an almighty seed, coffee is the number one diet source
of antioxidants in many countries, like the US, Italy,
A steaming cup of coffee is the first thing millions Spain, and Norway. According to International Journal
of people reach for every morning and there are a mul- of Pharmaceutics, coffee beans contain phenolic antiox-
titude of reasons to do so on a daily basis. Caffeine is idant compounds, the major polyphenol in coffee is
the ingredient that most people who drink coffee pay chlorogenic acid and chlorogenic acid is one of the major
attention to in their favourite drink. It acts as a central strong antioxidant compounds in coffee. The antioxidant
nervous system stimulant and is used pretty often in activity of coffee depends on the chemical composition.
our daily lives: it helps to get our blood moving and In addition, it was observed that the antioxidant activity
makes us feel energized.If someone happen to simply of coffee varies according to the degree of roasting.
like the taste of coffee but want to avoid caffeine they Maximum antioxidant activity was measured for the
medium-roasted coffee.

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