Knowledge: Coffee (Coffea)

October 5, 2024 | by bionutriciaadmin

Coffea

Coffee is a brewed drink that is prepared from roasted coffee beans. Despite its bitter and slightly sour taste, the strong aroma of coffee and its stimulating effect has made it a popular drink across the world. Other than its bitter form (black coffee), people are coming out with different variety of coffee drinks (e.g. latte, sugared coffee, mocha) to lessen the bitterness.

Coffee extract is referred as “pure coffee” that contains merely all-natural good source from coffee beans. It packs a powerful punch of energy booster (caffeine) and other essential nutrients including vitamin B2, vitamin B5, manganese, potassium, magnesium, and niacin. These made coffee not only an enjoyable drink, but coffee also seems to be a quite healthy drink.

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	Bionutricia Coffee Coffea Extract	BRAND X
Certification	Registered with the Ministry of Health, Halal Tested	Not registered & certified
Raw Ingredients	Coffee from Malaysia farm	Very little / no raw ingredients; Use non-Coffee materials
Process	Extracted through R.O. water & Ultra-sonic; Full bio-active ingredients	Grinded peel powder; Extracted through ethanol process
Active Compound	2-3% Caffeine	Not Tested
Formulation	Only Coffee which is proven safe and effective	Combination of other ingredients (effectiveness & safety is not proven); Added with prohibited drugs
Label	Transparent, standardized Coffee extract 2-3% Caffeine	Misleading claim (quantity), incorrect amount of Coffee extract, mostly filler ingredients

The benefits of coffee have not only limited in boosting energy and improving performance, several researches have proven the therapeutic potential of coffee, including lowering risk of diabetes and cancer.

Composition

• Caffeine • Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) • Magnesium • Plant chemicals: polyphenols including chlorogenic acid and quinic acid, diterpenes (cafestol and kahweol)

Improve mood and brain function

Studies
Subject	Healthy males (n = 20)
Duration of the study	2 days
Groups	Placebo Caffeine
Dosage	32, 64, 128 and 256 mg caffeine
Parameters analysed	Performance and self-reported mood states Plasma caffeine concentration
Outcomes	As little as 32 mg of caffeine can significantly improved auditory vigilance and visual reaction time. No adverse behavioural effects were noted even at the highest dose administered.
Function	Caffeine in coffee is thought to have stimulant-like effects on mood and performance by blocking the brain-signalling molecule adenosine and increase levels of dopamine and norepinephrine.

Protection against type 2 diabetes

Studies
Subject	Diabetes patients (n = 7,269)
Duration of the study	4 years
Groups	Increasing coffee consumption Decreasing coffee consumption
Dosage	> 3 cup/day < 1 cup/day
Parameters analysed	Self-reported incident of type 2 diabetes
Outcomes
Function	Caffeine in coffee is thought to have stimulant-like effects on mood and performance by blocking the brain-signalling molecule adenosine and increase levels of dopamine and norepinephrine.Coffee and tea consumption have been associated with a lower type 2 diabetes risk

Decreasing cancer risk

Meta-analysis of cohort studies
Subject	105 individual prospective studies
Parameters analysed	Association of coffee intake with risk of cancer
Outcomes	Higher coffee intake (2 cups per day) reduces • liver cancer by 27% • Endometrial cancer by 12% • prostate cancer by 3%.
Function	Bioactive compounds in coffee (including caffeine, cafestol, kahweol and chlorogenic acid) are known to exhibit anti-tumor properties.