Yoshio Arino

IIEP 1999 Fall

11/25/99

Contents

General Information Effects Ingredients

– Caffeine Coffee and Your Health

– Coffee and Heart Diseases– Coffee and the Digestion System– Coffee and Cancer– Hot News !

Conclusion

General Information Coffee Growing Regions

General Information

Plant / Flower

General Information

Coffee plants

E f f e c t s

Light stimulant– Recovery from fatigue– Shake from sleepiness

Improves blood circulation– Headache is eased – Feeling is refreshed– Diuretic action

Helping digestion etc…..

Ingredients

CaffeineProteinsOilFiberTanninOrganic acidsMinerals

Caffeine Concentration

Caffeine

0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06

Coffee

Tea

Green tea

Oolong tea

%

Coffee and Heart Diseases

Blood Pressure

Blood Cholesterol

NO effect

NO effect

Myocardial Infarction & Coronary Heart Disease

NO association

Coffee and the Digestion System

Indigestion and Ulcers

NOT bad for stomach

Coffee and Cancer

Breast cancer

NO association

Pancreatic cancer

Colon cancer

NO association

NO association

Hot News!

Coffee Drinkers have Lower Risk

of Gallstone Disease

– one of the effects of caffeine

Conclusion

No apparent relationship

to Diseases Some Good Effects

Let’s Enjoy

Coffee !

Thank you for your attention !