Look at coffee from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine;
Coffee beans are taken from the fruit of the coffee tree. They are red and belong to fire. They enter the heart, the gas is bitter, and they flow into the large intestine. Sweet and bitter in nature, dry and burnt. Sweet and mellow taste can nourish and relieve pain, while spicy taste can disperse and promote qi circulation. It can pass through the brain-blood barrier, treat exterior wind-heat, headache and bitter taste, have the function of drying dampness and stopping diarrhea, and can treat heat or dampness.
Main components of coffee beans:
Coffee beans are rich in vitamin B, free fatty acids, caffeine, tannic acid, linoleic acid, a certain amount of unsaturated fatty acids, purine components and antioxidants, and the content of roasted coffee beans is higher. Caffeine, as the main component of coffee, can excite the central nervous system of human brain and is the main component of various painkillers and diet pills.
Benefits of drinking natural coffee:
1 is refreshing. Caffeine has strong stimulation and fragrant smell, which easily passes through the brain-blood barrier, stimulates the central meridians, promotes brain activity, makes the mind more sober, lively and sensitive, has abundant thinking ability, concentrates attention and improves work efficiency; It can stimulate cerebral cortex, promote feeling, judgment and enhance memory ability.
2 Strong bones and muscles, good waist and knees. Caffeine can make muscles contract freely, increase tendon strength, reduce exercise valves, increase body sensitivity and improve motor function.
3 appetizing staple food. Caffeine can stimulate sympathetic nerve, stimulate gastric acid secretion in gastrointestinal tract, promote digestion, prevent bloating and gastroptosis, and promote gastrointestinal hormones and peristalsis hormones, thus quickly relieving constipation.
4 eliminate fat and accumulation. Caffeine can accelerate the decomposition of fat, improve the metabolic rate of the body, increase the consumption of heat energy, and help to reduce fat and tighten the skin. In addition, bathing with raw bean coffee powder is an excellent hyperthermia and helps to lose weight.
5 Li Qiao dehumidifies. Caffeine can promote renal function, expel excess sodium ions from the body, increase urine output, improve abdominal distension and edema, and help to lose weight.
6 promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Linoleic acid contained in original bean coffee can hemolyze and prevent thrombosis, enhance vasoconstriction, promote blood circulation and relieve headache caused by vasodilation, especially migraine. In addition, it can promote venous return, moisturize skin, restore muscle surface elasticity and prevent cardiovascular diseases.
7 extinguish wind and stop spasm. Raw coffee beans can accelerate cholesterol metabolism, reduce coronary atherosclerosis and reduce the probability of stroke.
8 Joy: Drinking the right amount of original bean coffee can make people feel excited and happy, put aside troubles and melancholy, relieve stress and relax.
9 Feidingchuan Caffeine can promote sympathetic nerve, inhibit parasympathetic nerve and avoid parasympathetic nerve excitement and asthma.
10 dehumidification and deodorization Caffeine contains tannin, which can deodorize and eliminate garlic and meat flavor.
1 1 The original bean coffee has the effect of relieving alcoholism. Drinking raw bean coffee after drinking will make acetaldehyde converted from alcohol rapidly oxidized and partially decomposed into water and carbon dioxide to be excreted.
12 Three cups of raw bean coffee a day can prevent gallstones. For raw bean coffee containing caffeine, it can stimulate gallbladder contraction and reduce cholesterol which is easy to form gallstones in bile. Recently, researchers at Harvard University in the United States found that men who drink two or three cups of raw bean coffee every day have a lower risk of gallstones than 40%.
13 Regular drinking of raw bean coffee can prevent radiation damage. Radiation hazards, especially electrical radiation, have become the prominent pollution at present. This conclusion was reached by the atomic researchers in Barba, India, in the mouse experiment, and it was proved that it can be applied to humans.
14 foreign reports point out that the probability of dry eye in people who drink raw bean coffee is significantly lower than that in people who don't drink raw bean coffee. This is mainly related to the purine component in the original bean coffee (the purine component in the eye drops can stimulate the gland to secrete fluid, thus protecting the eyes). This is of course good news for computer people who like to drink original bean coffee.
15 can relieve pain, such as headache caused by a bad night's sleep, or pain caused by vasoconstriction on one side of the temple. These non-organic factors can be alleviated by using original bean coffee. It is recommended to drink it in the morning or at noon.
16 is bitter in color (dark) because the original bean coffee is rich in antioxidants; In recent years, all foods with antioxidant function are very popular in the market. It is well known that vegetables and fruits are rich in vitamins A, C and B, and tea, which is quite popular in Japan, is regarded as healthy food because they are rich in antioxidants. A research report in Japan pointed out that the original bean coffee contains four times as many antioxidants as tea, which can resist the harm of free radicals (note: metabolic waste of human cells) and is more effective.
17 the report of the original bean coffee research institute of Vanderbilt university in the United States pointed out: "the original bean coffee contains many ingredients that are beneficial to human health. According to preliminary research, moderate drinking of raw bean coffee can prevent and treat liver cirrhosis, certain types of cancer, bronchitis, asthma, heart disease, Parkinson's disease and other diseases; The right amount is to drink 2 to 4 cups of raw bean coffee every day.
18 natural coffee contains linoleic acid and free fatty acid, which can dilute subcutaneous pigment and relieve pigmentation. Now, world-renowned cosmetics research institutions have developed coffee-based cosmetics and skin care products.
In addition, "instant coffee" is not generally accepted in the traditional coffee industry. Instant coffee is an industrial synthetic product, which is a good coffee substitute in some specific environments, such as long-distance trains and planes, but it is not coffee in the original sense, because traditional coffee pays attention to grinding, boiling and filtering coffee beans, as well as the selection of utensils and different blending techniques; In the process of synthesis, the original nutritional and health components of instant coffee were destroyed and disappeared. Although it tastes like coffee, it loses its rich nutrition and health care functions, as well as its heavy cultural flavor and atmosphere. In addition, preservatives, pigments, sweeteners and other additives contained in instant coffee can not be digested, absorbed and deposited in human body, causing harm to human central nervous system and accelerating human cell aging. Therefore, natural health is the most important thing.
In fact, the best refreshing effect is coffee, natural coffee. If you can read this article carefully, you will know why.
As for Red Bull and the like, don't forget that these are artificial functional drinks. The so-called functional drinks are mainly substances with caffeine added, and cola and so on all belong to this kind of products. The reason why you are not advised to use these products is because they contain additives that are quite harmful to human body, such as pigments and preservatives. The above words have explained the harm of these ingredients to human body, and you should know what to use to refresh yourself.