Blasting Away Some Coffee Lies

by Gregory Lightstone on July 14, 2010

See coffee myths. There have been numerous studies about the effects of coffee on the human body. From the previously held fact that coffees are not healthy products, scientists are now seeing positive effects on the human body.

However, despite research people still stick to widely accepted myths. People fail to educate themselves and what happens is that they begin to think or accept the different coffee information as fact. 

One of the earlier things that I heard is that if you have a hangover from drinking alcohol, coffee will help you sober up. The truth is caffeine will help wake up someone who is drunk, but it does not help that person to become sober. It would be better to drink a lot of water instead of coffee if you have a hangover. At least with water, your body is being rehydrated.

Another myth is that coffee causes ulcers. Drinking java in the morning especially when you still haven’t eaten anything yet increases the acid levels in the stomach causing damage to the stomach lining resulting in ulcers later on. However, recent studies have shown that ulcers are caused by bacterial infections. But even though coffee does not cause ulcers themselves, it can aggravate an existing one. 

Other myths are not limited to the health aspects of drinking coffee. One such myth is that oily, glossy coffee beans are the best ones since they are fresh. However, the freshness of coffee cannot be determined by simply looking at the beans. Freshness is determined through the taste and smell. 

Coffee can be stored fresh for a long time with proper packaging. Unless your definition of long is just a couple of weeks, you will be unable to retain the freshness of java for a year despite the claims of some coffee makers. 

Easy on the java because caffeine is quite addictive. The word addictive is loosely used in this phrase. When we say addictive to caffeine, we refer to it similar as being addicted to television. The properties of caffeine itself do not include any components that make it similar to the addiction being experienced by drug users. 

If you have a headache, drink coffee. Although coffee does contain caffeine, and caffeine is added as an ingredient in painkillers, drinking java to sooth headaches is not a factual solution. The opposite actually happens. Drinking coffee can reduce some levels of headaches but the effects wear off quite fast and what remains are more frequent headaches.

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