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The Unique Health Benefits of Organic Coffee


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Okay, we all know coffee makes us feel good—there's nothing shocking about that ... but, as it turns out, it isn't just caffeine addiction talking — coffee is actually good for us!

​Beginning as a humble stone fruit grown throughout Central and South America, Africa, and Asia, coffee is one of nature’s most powerful health boosters ... and it's beneficial to our health in so many ways we had to devote multiple blog sections to documenting them. 

There's a lot of good stuff in those beans we savor each morning — and we'll explore all of that below, but if you aren't going organic with your favorite cup of joe, there's likely some stuff you don't want in there ... Let's dive in.

Preventative Powers:

There's a funny thing about coffee and its relationship to diseases ... for whatever reasons, doctors and scientists seem to consistently find that coffee drinkers ... just don't have as many of them.

Frank Hu, a nutrition and epidemiology professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, calls the data on the preventative qualities of coffee on type 2 diabetes "pretty solid." Hu says “It’s the whole package,” boasting a plethora of antioxidants that counter tissue-damaging free radicals, and nutrients and minerals like magnesium and chromium that help the body use insulin effectively — all critical factors in the prevention of this very serious and widespread disease.

Furthermore, it's been observed that people who drink four-to-six cups of coffee a day have a 28 percent lower chance of developing type 2 diabetes. This, in turn, lowers the risk of developing heart disease and stroke.

Extensive research also illustrates the fantastic benefits of coffee in the prevention of cirrhosis and liver cancer. People who regularly consume moderate to large amounts of alcohol alongside coffee regularly appear to have less strain on their livers than those who do not (though we are not recommending this!). Doctors do not fully understand this relationship yet, but the correlation has been recorded time and again.
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Physical Boost

Studies have also produced interesting findings in the realm of physical performance. A cup of coffee before a workout is a well-known way to optimize exercise routines through caffeine’s energizing properties — in fact, ESPN reports that numerous professional athletes from divers, to cyclists, to marathon runners, use coffee as a staple of their training regimens.

Research also suggests that caffeine stimulates brown fat (good fat) in the body which helps us burn bad fat and efficiently convert calories into energy.

Mental Edge

​The mental benefits of coffee have been well documented by countless people in the medical field like CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, but did you know they go far beyond elevated focus and mental acuity?

​While these relationships are not completely understood, coffee’s caffeine content has been consistently linked to a lower likelihood of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. An extensive study in 2009 reported that people who consumed three-to-five cups of coffee a day for 20 years or more were 65 percent less ​likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia than non-coffee drinkers.

Serious stuff. 
And coffee is rich in flavonoid antioxidants, which have also been strongly linked to the preservation of mental function.
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​The Specific Benefits of Organic Coffee

So much of what makes organic coffees good for you, especially compared to non-organic, is actually what isn't in them. It's a dirty little secret that coffee plants are some of the most pesticide-ridden crops in modern agriculture.

Coffee plants have many natural enemies — insects, fungi, weeds, diseases, and many other factors — the risks to growing coffee without pesticides are high for coffee plantations so many of them would rather keep things simple and embrace the "nuclear option" to pest treatment.

The problem is ... once pesticides are in the beans, it's pretty hard to get them all out. Some studies have found that up to 85% of toxins can be removed in the roasting process, but this figure isn't backed up by many other studies, and even in best case scenarios, that still means you're getting 15% of the pesticides in your coffee, and that can add up over time, especially with how highly treated non-organic coffees are.

Mood Improvement

As we said, coffee just makes us feel good. Scientists found drinkers of 4 cups of coffee or more a day are 10 percent less likely to experience depression, due to the many benefits of coffee’s antioxidant content.

And you’ll have plenty of time to reap these wonderful mood benefits because coffee might even help you live longer!

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Pesticides have been linked to numerous health problems like Parkinson's Disease, several different cancers, and reproductive harm, and their long-term effects on coffee drinkers remains is not well understood.

​Organic coffee doesn't just taste great — it's better for us, coffee farmers, the animals that live nearby, and the earth as a whole. The difference is clear. Try any of our delicious organic coffees to enjoy the wonderful health benefits of nature's greatest beverage without pesticide toxins.
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