Coffee 4/50

One liter per day ...

... is what one could or should drink to gain the optimal health benefits of coffee. I do not know how strong or dilute coffee Americans have used to drink, but to get one liter of decent coffee for Finnish taste, one needs to use approximately 85 grams (3 oz) of coffee beans.

According to recent studies, 4-5 cups of coffee per day is the "sweet spot" to "live longer". It means that such amount of coffee will help one to get a good doze of some essential nutrients (vitamins B1, B2, B3 and B5; folate, manganese, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus), boost metabolism, may protect from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, lower risk of type 2 diabetes, lower risk of liver diseases, and lower risk of depression and suicide.

On those studies a cup of coffee means "American cup of coffee", which seem to be 8 oz (240 ml). Which then means that 4 cups is approximately one liter. I have used to manage with 200 ml per day. And therefore it means I "need" to increase my daily coffee intake substantially! =D

But one should of course also live healthy. For example one should then rather drink coffee without sugar. Moreover, it is recommended to use dark roast, which causes less jitters and heartburn. Caffeine is also addictive and can cause anxiety and disrupt sleep, which is why it is probably better not to drink coffee in the evening. But I do wonder if anxiety and disrupted sleep is actually merely caused by heartburn. So, again, try the dark roast to get less heartburn.

Then few words about the post processing of this shot. I used my "the best camera" aka Canon Powershot G5 X. But then I uploaded the image to my smartphone, and used Snapseed software to edit the image. What I particularly like there is fast and pretty well working perspective correction. With that I manage to get the scale turned into rectangle, and gain this nice poster kind of outcome. Moreover, there is a tool to change the basic settings in a selected tiny area, which was useful here to increase the lightness on the scale display digits.

➽ Coffee — Good or Bad? by Kriss Gunnars