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. 2014 Dec;3(4):189-191.
doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2014.08.002. Epub 2014 Aug 30.

Coffee and health

Jae-Hoon Bae  1 , Jae-Hyung Park  1 , Seung-Soon Im  1 , Dae-Kyu Song  1
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Coffee and health

Jae-Hoon Bae et al. Integr Med Res. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Most people start their day with a cup of coffee. Many people would also finish their daily work with coffee. As such, coffee drinking is an important part of modern daily life. It has been told that coffee is a driving force for humans to develop science, because it has an alerting effect on the human brain. However, some people report experiencing irregular heartbeat or headaches and are thus reluctant to drink coffee, which suggests individual variation to coffee intolerance. The aim of this review is to briefly summarize the effects of coffee on human health.

Keywords: caffeine; chlorogenic acid; coffee drinking; hypertension; type 2 diabetes.

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Chemical structures of major biologically active compounds in coffee.
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