Coffee was originally dispensed by doctors as a medicine to cure asthma, hay fever, depression . Coffee acts to relieve asthma by relaxing bronchial muscles. Coffee authority Takayuki Shibamoto of the University of California, Davis, tells us there are 1,000 chemical compounds in coffee some of which are antioxidants. In test after test, coffee has been shown to boost alertness and mental activity.
Coffee improves safe driving by reducing reaction times.
Coffee improves the ability to do math. Coffee lifts depression, even chronic depression. Coffee has one of the fastest reaction times of any product, producing measurable enhancements in mental acuity in as little as ten minutes. It's ability to increase alertness can have interesting effects on sleep patterns. For some coffee prevents sleep.