Coffee today is not only used to make a variety of drinks, but it is also used in recipes. In recipes, coffee should be made very strong and concentrated, or alternatively instant coffee powder can be used. May has prefected the art of roasting and mixing coffee. Although coffee has always been associated with causing migraine, backache, difficulty in conceiving, raising blood cholesterol levels, osteoporosis and increasing the rate of heart attacks, studies done have actually discounted this theory. Coffee can actually be beneficial in that it acts as a mild laxative and diuretic, stimulates alertness and can keep you awake when needed.
Caffeine is a stimulant found in coffee and one cup can improve alertness without doing any harm.
When you drink a cup of coffee your heart rate increases and your blood pressure rises slightly. Until recently, it was widely held that those who had suffered a heart attack should avoid drinking any coffee, or drink only the decaffeinated varieties. It was argued that coffee, or caffeine, triggered abnormal heart rhythms, and increased the chances of having another heart attack. However, recent research carried out in Britain and the United States has indicated that drinking filtered coffee does not lead to abnormal heart rhythms among heart attack victims, so there is no need to avoid coffee if you have suffered a heart attack. Suggestions that the risk of pancreatic or other types of cancer are increased by drinking coffee have been discounted, and recent studies suggest it may, in fact, decrease the risk of cancer in the large bowel.