Coffee Health Benefits or Risks: Cardiology and Anthropology Perspectives I. Introduction Many people consume coffee at any time of the day all around the world. They come in many different forms, that could either be a benefit or a risk to a person’s health. How is it that coffee could hinder how people live? “Effects of caffeine and coffee consumption on cardiovascular disease and risk factors” by Anna Victoria Mattioli, takes on a perspective of cardiology. Mattioli speaks about how coffee can speed up the effects of heart disease. On the other hand, “To sip or not to sip: the potential health risks and benefits of coffee drinking” by Sarah R. Taylor and Barbara Demmig-Adams; take an anthropology and evolutionary biology & ecology approach. Mattioli on the other hand just focuses on how coffee effects the heart and cardiovascular disease, “The relationship between coffee and coronary artery disease has been studied extensively (204).” Taylor and Demmig end the article with a section that says ‘Problems, conclusions, and suggested future research’ and a chart that has the health concerns that come from drinking coffee. On the other hand, Mattioli ends the article with an executive summary of the article and what was researched. Both articles have close similarities, but are also very different when it comes to how the data is put into the Both articles use words that are commonly known to people when they read the article. Mattioli also uses fairly complex words that not many people know in addition to the simple words known by many people. The article is not very concise when speaking about the risks of caffeine on the body. Taylor and Demmig states “Several studies over the past decade have related coffee consumption with lowered risks for diseases involving the digestive system (p. 411).” On the other hand, Taylor and Demmig use concise language with less complex wording that allows the reader to understand what the articles point is. While Mattioli uses complex words in her article the summery has very concise and simple language. The articles both use language that can be understood by different levels of
A testimonial appeal stemming from the article, was taken up by Denmark, who, in 2011 said that “any foods high in saturated fat” were to be taxed, and this was passed into law. A secondary testimonial came from the United Nations, which declared that heart disease and “uncatchable” diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, etc. pose a greater risk now than ever before. Another testimonial taken from the text was this: “Western diet is now dominated by “low-cost, highly-proc...
His first point to support his claim is that chocolate is fattening. He uses prior knowledge to support this fact by saying that candy bars can be upwards of 200 calories, they contain fat and sugar, and skinny people are vegetarians or athletes. Diego’s second point is that newspapers are not always trustworthy. He uses examples from his experience, the news going back and forth over the health benefits of red wine and the push for gluten-free food unnecessarily. His final point is that the study from the newspaper article was not valid. He uses the proof that testing only healthy people leads to skewed results and the study should have included chocolate eaters who were unhealthy.
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They both are right and wrong at once, when reading the articles I could not help but to think of the Morgan Spurlock’s documentary “Super Size Me,” for those that don’t know in this film Morgan goes on a one month McDonald 's only diet, during which he gets the oversized portions and eats every hyper processed food on the menu. Turning the average relatively fit adult American into a sluggish shadow of what he was before the one month. Morgan did both things that Pollen and Maxfield wanted to avoid. Pollen a processed diet and Maxfield a feast beyond your body’s
While Visone’s information has one centralized theme about how standardized science test are affected by reading. will show that the two are actually talking about different topics. Oliver’s information is set up to enlighten the audience on a topic that is a big deal Visone’s is conducting an experiment and models his paper to take his audience through the step of his experiment. ~Oliver’s research deals with all students with broad focus on the younger students, an appeal to pathos, is a small detail but a notable difference in their arguments. ~Visone’s experiment deals with all types of student at the tenth grade
One thing that has been the same for many years. Has always been society 's intake of caffeine even in the early eighteen hundreds caffeine played its role (Gladwell 235). In the American Revolution mainly remember it with the “symbolic rejection” of the people pouring tea into Boston Harbor (233). Boston Harbor is one of the most known conflicts that caffeine has brought into this society. In the Twenty-First Century over ninety percent of Americans have a cup of coffee in the morning (Collingwood). In many studies, caffeine, when it is consumed in the afternoon, will stimulate the brain which will have side effects that are similar to insomnia (@healthline). When anyone doesn’t get the rest that they need, their brain will not react properly to any situations. Caffeine is what drives, crashes, and tear apart this society. Will caffeine run this world or will the world run without the harmful embrace of a
“A diet high in saturated and trans fats causes cholesterol to build up in your arteries”(Heart Disease and Diet). The more junk you eat the worse your body will feel and get. “Fruits and vegetables are a good source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals”(Heart Disease and Diet). Fruits and vegetables should be in your daily menu for the day because they are good for you and taste good. There are lots of fast food advertisements convincing people to eat their unhealthy foods. People need to stop listening to the fast food commercials and actually eat real, unprocessed foods. Since people eat too much unhealthy foods, it is leading to heart disease. National and local sites are similar because they both talk about unhealthy foods. They are different because the national site is how to prevent heart disease and locally is about what causes heart disease and tells what things are good for you to eat and
By all accounts, the Dutch were late to the budding trade network that was the Indian Ocean region. They arrived when much of the region was dominated by other European regimes. However, the Dutch managed to carve out a valuable niche for themselves in the coffee trade. This was important because the Dutch had also been in relatively crippling debt due to attempts to secure Belgium’s place in the Dutch kingdom during the 18th century. The coffee trade, particularly in Java, allowed the Dutch to become completely self-reliant financially by 1876. This fiscal independence, coupled with the devotion of the Dutch colonials to creating the sophisticated Cultivation System, demonstrates the profound and integral effect the Asian coffee trade had on the Dutch state.
Secondly, caffeine may lower the risk of type II diabetes in humans. Particularly, type II diabetes is caused by high blood sugars in the context of insulin resistance or the failure to secrete insulin. According to Gunnars (2013), studies illustrate that people who consume caffeine have a 23-50% lower risk of getting type II diabetes while one study showed a reduction as high as 67%. In addition, each daily cup of coffee was associated with a 7% reduced risk of developing type II diabetes based on a massive review that looked at data from 18 studies with a sum of 457 922 individuals...
Fifty-four percent of Americans over the age of eighteen drink coffee daily, and it seems that over the past 100 years, humans have gradually increased in height. Supposedly, there’s an old wives’ tale that claims “coffee stunts your growth.” The exact origin of the myth rests unknown, but it thought to have originated from the Europeans (Grabinski et al. 2). Over several decades, multiple studies have concluded that coffee actually does not stunt growth, helping to diminish previous ideas that it did. The misconception that coffee stunts growth acts as an old wife’s tale however, height is hereditary, and drinking coffee has many unknown health benefits.
Lippi eventually reaches the conclusion that regardless the controversy about chocolate’s effects on people, it historically was useful for health issues and still is to this day. Developing her conclusion, Lippi describes how the cacao beans, when processed, helped with health issues. Cacao beans pressed into a powder alone had cold and dry properties which were good for “hot” illnesses such as fevers. On the other hand, when the beans were made into a beverage, it was given to thin patients to fatten them up. Once the cacao beans made a reputation for themselves, doctors, such as Henry Stubbe, started writing recipes, where certain ingredients were mixed with the beans to better improve illnesses and enhance flavor. A noticeable limitation, similar to Dillinger’s, is the lack of critical analysis and over abundance of facts. Lippi may provide a decent amount of analysis, but not enough to compensate for the amount of factual details that she depends on. Although, Lippi’s discussion of the medical benefits of chocolate, similar to Wilson and again Dillinger, contributes to the consensus between the sources because chocolate’s ability to improve the many health issues was one of chocolate’s purposes served to Western European
Heavy consumption of boiled coffee elevates blood total and LDL cholesterol levels. Unfiltered coffee is a significant source of cafestol and kahweol, which are diterpenes responsible for cholesterol-raising effects of coffee. Diterpenes are extracted by hot water but are retained by a paper filter. This explains why filtered coffee does not affect cholesterol, whereas Scandinavian boiled, cafetiere, and Turkish coffees do.
Coffee is the first thing that people associate with instant energy on a groggy morning. “In the U.S., coffee is king of beverages” (Reinke) Research has been done that has named coffee as an addiction to the people who consume large quantities of it. Coffee was named the top source of antioxidants. This is partly because of the amount consumed each day. Some of the antioxidants that coffee has are quinines and chlorogenic acid. It also contains trigonelline, an antibacterial compound. This is where coffee acquires its delicious aroma. Now let’s step back for a minute and just think about how much caffeine people consume. In an 8oz cup of coffee it has about 85 milligrams of caffeine. This is about double the amount that tea contains. Studies have shown that caffeine stimulates the brain and nervous system. This is where you get that energized feeling. After about the third cup, knees start to bounce, pens are clicking and people start running laps around the office. Caffeine can become addicting if you drink too much. Coffee can become that addictive habit people are unable to shake.
In “Against The Grains”, Moyer uses statistics to show the logic of the article. She reports the result of a research published by researchers at the US Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University. The result is low-carb dieters lost 12.9 percent of their former weight, while low-fat dieters lost only 6.7 percent (Moyer 8). “12.9” and “6.7” and directly shows the difference between low-fat diet and low-carb diet. First of all, people are more sensitive about statistic numbers than words. So, these numbers let readers clearly know the point that the author wants they get. Moreover, these numbers can make the main idea more logical and
Coffee people drink coffee with a purpose, they need the caffeine to make them more alert and increase their productivity. On the other hand, tea drinkers usually drink tea because of the enjoyment that tea give them, the relaxations that tea provide. It is typical to imagine that a person holding a cup of coffee is working over night at an office and a tea person is often reading newspaper at Sunday afternoon. Unlike tea drinkers, coffee drinkers are more attached to their drink compared to tea drinkers. A coffee drinker must have his coffee fix every single morning otherwise he or she cannot function without it. However, a tea drinker can easily live without drinking tea for even a few days. Even though they both have caffeine inside their drink, coffee drinkers seem to be more addicted to caffeine and as time goes, they will become more dependent on