- Coffee is probably the first time by the Ethiopian province of Kaffa in the man noted in East Africa, where it is called bunchum, bunn or buna what "bean" means.
- Coffee is made from coffee beans, the seeds of the coffee tree.
- During roasting the coffee beans-also called called burning-born about 700 different chemicals.
- Coffee that is sold, is usually a mixture of roasted seeds of two coffee species: Coffea arabica (about 75% of world production) and Coffea robusta (Coffea canephora).
- Robustabonen contain more caffeine (2-2.5%) than the Arabica beans (0.8-1.3%). It is also chlorogeenzuurgehalte higher.
- The taste of Robustakoffie is spicier and more bitter than Arabica coffee.
- Each has its own flavor, aroma and mixture tea caffeine content.
- Coffee quickly loses its aroma and taste, hence that coffee should be preferably packed airtight.
- A cup of coffee contains 80-120 mg of caffeine.
- The caffeine content of decaffeinated coffee is lower than 0.1%.
- Pure caffeine has a bitter taste and is odourless. The typical aroma of coffee is not caused by caffeine.
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The duration of taking approximately 1 hour before the peak concentration of caffeine in the blood is achieved.
The opinion is therefore to consume caffeine to 1 hour before the effort. -
2-3 hours after taking caffeine is the operation the largest. However, caffeine starts to work 5-10 minutes after ingestion.
Is within 3 hours again caffeine ingested cumulation can occur. -
After about 4 hours, half of the recorded caffeine from the body.
In smokers this process two times faster and in a pregnant woman duration much longer. - Caffeine can pass through the placenta to the fetus and thus be given during pregnancy.
- Drinking during pregnancy does not exceed 200-300 mg of caffeine per day.
- Drinking while breastfeeding no more than 3 cups of coffee or 3 cups of tea per day. 300 mg of caffeine a day or more can make the baby restless.
- Chlorogenic acid caused the sour taste of coffee.
- Tea is made from dried leaves of the tea plant.
- Caffeine in tea is called theine. Caffeine in tea has a less stimulating effect than in coffee.
- White and green tea are both ongefermenteerd and contain more antioxidants than black tea.
- Black tea contains more caffeine than green and white tea.
- Black tea contains an average of 40 mg of caffeine in a cup of 125 ml. Green tea contains no caffeine about half while herbal tea.
- Fruit-flavoured tea or other flavours contain almost all black tea.
- Adults who are sensitive to caffeine are recommended to limit it to about 400 mg of caffeine per day. That works out to about 10 cups (black) tea.
- A dosage of 2-3 mg (up to 5 mg) per kg body weight has a positive effect on the duration performance.
- Coffee stimulates the production of stomach acid, which can cause stomach complaints to patients.
- The EFSA eight scientifically proven that 75 mg caffeine improves alertness or more at a time.
- 5 mg of caffeine per kg of body weight can cause behavioral problems in children.
- The FDA has the safe upper limit of caffeine on 400 mg per day fixed.
- In high dosages (> 400 mg of caffeine per day) can caffeine to increased heart rate, nausea, dizziness, insomnia, trilllen, headaches and nervous lead.
Scientific studies on coffee, tea and/or caffeine:
- 300 mg of caffeine per day lowers atrial fibrillation
- 3 cups of coffee a day reduce fatal prostate cancer
- 3 to 5 cups of coffee a day lowers heart disease non-linear
- 1-6 cups of coffee a day reduce diabetes type 2
- Coffee lowers risk of diabetes type 2
- Coffee lowers the chances of getting uterine cancer
- Many green tea lowers oral cancer
- 12 weeks or more green tea lowers blood sugar levels the sober
- Green tea lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels
- Green tea lowers blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol levels
- Green tea lowers the bad cholesterol
- Green tea lowers stomach cancer in women
- Black tea reduces bladder cancer among women
- Eating flavonoids lowers blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol levels