Spanish nutritionists told what makes coffee harmful

Spanish nutritionists said that coffee has a number of useful properties, but eating unhealthy food together with it deprives the drink of its positive effect. According to him, what makes coffee harmful is the sugar and the bun, which is full of fast carbohydrates.

Spanish nutritionists Aitor Sánchez and Claudia Brassesco said that moderate consumption of coffee is beneficial rather than harmful to health. In particular, it serves as a prevention of cirrhosis of the liver, reduces the risk of developing liver and prostate cancer, improves sensitivity to insulin.

Drinking coffee also helps protect against cardiovascular diseases. Recent studies have indicated a connection between coffee consumption and improvement of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems: scientists believe that the drink activates blood flow, thanks to which the saturation of important organs with oxygen becomes more significant.

However, Spanish nutritionists emphasize, improper consumption of coffee significantly reduces the beneficial potential of the drink and can make it harmful to the body. If something unhealthy is eaten with it, it negatively affects the properties of the drink, say experts.

“The most harmful thing about coffee is the cookies, sugar and pastries with which we drink it,” he said. on this occasion Aitor Sanchez.

Also, drinking instant coffee every day is potentially harmful. Experts explained that due to deep processing in such a product, the amount of acrylamide formed during cooking using very high temperatures increases. According to a number of scientists, this substance has a negative effect on health and can act as a carcinogen.