The Many Sides of Coffee

This is based on an article found at Inc. titled The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Weird of How Coffee Affects Your Psychology

The Yolk

• Coffee’s positive effects
  • Increases alertness
  • Better problem solving
  • Better memory
  • Decreased cognitive decline
  • Quicker at tracking objects
  • Even five cups a day is fine (a cup is 8 ounces)
• Coffee’s negative effects
  • Drinking coffee later in the day messes with sleep
  • Increases anxiety if drank before a presentation or event
  • No effect on creativeness
  • Bad for budget – people bought more shopping after having coffee
  • Hard to quit if desired

Perspective

• The original title isn’t accurate because we are talking more about physiological effects – except for the shopping part
• No need to change coffee habits unless:
  • You have high anxiety
  • You are pregnant – 2 cups at most
  • You have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or IBS and it’s causing issue
  • It’s the afternoon
  • You have migraines
  • It has become purely sugar and milk
  • You’re spending $7 every day on a latte and you can’t afford to
• If you want to stop drinking coffee – do it slowly, one half cup less each two days perhaps
• Drink coffee at home more

Research & Resources

• Coffee more likely to provide benefit than harm
• Coffee drinking less to less mortality, even those with 8 cups per day
• A recipe for healthier coffee at home

Recommendations

• Coffee subscription to keep those habits going
• Other really good coffee
• Coffee alternatives if you can’t drink it
  • MUDWTR
  • Dandy blend