Experts claim that a substance found in the drink protects against diabetes and lowers the risk of stomach, colon, and liver cancer.

According to a renowned health expert, coffee contains an antioxidant substance that can “protect” the body against diabetes and a variety of malignancies.

NIHMR Director Astrid Nehlig says polyphenols in coffee reduce the risk of liver, colon, and stomach cancer in people.

The liver gets the “strongest protection,” she said. Additionally, there is defense against stomach and colon cancer. Coffee is neutral in the majority of the other digestive system regions.

Nehlig hypothesizes that coffee’s anti-oxidative characteristics may play a role in the specific mechanism underlying the polyphenol in coffee’s anti-cancerous capabilities.

She continues, Antioxidants defend “our DNA and protect our cells from oxidative stress” and coffee has a very high “concentration of polyphenol.”

According to one recent study, polyphenol’s anti-germ characteristics may also be responsible for the association between polyphenol and lower stomach cancer risk.

Coffee may lead to “improvements” in type 2 diabetics, according to Nehlig, who is also a specialist at the Institute of Scientific Information on Coffee.

She said that coffee is generally good for the digestive tract. It enhances the release of hydrochloric acid, stimulates the pancreas to produce digestive enzymes, and increases salivary enzyme synthesis.

Scientists also think that coffee may help the body make insulin, which helps control how much sugar is in the blood.

“You have a more efficient digestion system and a more efficient organisation of carbohydrates,” she adds.

Nehlig said that studies have shown that drinking coffee makes it less likely that someone will get type 2 diabetes. These findings hold true for both genders and across all racial and ethnic groupings.

Nehlig says, “This is just directly related to the effects of coffee on health in general.”

According to a meta-analysis of hundreds of studies, drinking one cup of coffee a day reduced one’s chance of getting type 2 diabetes by 6%.

However, not all coffee research is uplifting. A high intake of coffee has been linked to elevated cholesterol levels, which raise the risk of heart disease.

In a recently released study, researchers from the Arctic University of Norway examined the health records of more than 21,000 people in the city of Tromso between 2015 and 2016.

Researchers that participated in the study, which was published in the journal Open Heart, came to the following conclusion: “Increased knowledge on espresso coffee’s association with serum cholesterol will improve the recommendations regarding coffee consumption.”

Along with promoting digestive health, coffee may also help ward against diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

People who drank caffeine were less likely to acquire Parkinson’s disease, according to an analysis of 13 studies.

Additionally, it has been demonstrated to halt the condition’s progression.

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