The French consume an average of 5.4 kilos of coffee per year and per inhabitant: if after-meal coffee remains a tradition in many families, coffee is more of a morning drink since 8 out of 10 people drink it at breakfast. -breakfast to wake up and get the boost needed to start the day off right (even if it seems that its tonic effects are mainly psychological).
We are not going to tell you that coffee is bad for your health, far from it. Several scientific studies have also discovered that coffee helps prevent Alzheimer’s disease by slowing cognitive decline in the elderly.
4 to 6 cups of coffee a day, maximum!
Coffee would also protect against breast cancer, melanoma and prostate cancer. Not to mention the famous “boost” effect (reduction of fatigue, increased alertness and reduced reaction time) that we seek when drinking a cup of coffee.
Yes, but here it is: coffee only has health benefits when consumed in moderation. Thus, according to work published in the New England Journal of Medicine in October 2020, coffee would become unhealthy from 6 cups a day and the drink would become downright toxic from 20 cups a day. According to a 2017 study, the health limit not to be exceeded would be even lower: 4 cups of coffee per day, maximum.
So, if you take advantage of the summer to slow down your coffee consumption. By testing, for example, alternative drinks that can be enjoyed at any time of the day?
