Coffee..... the elixir for the liver, Living with liver disease

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Summary

TLDRIn the video, the creator, a former alcohol consumer, shares their strong fondness for coffee and its multifaceted benefits. They express gratitude for supportive comments and discuss handling the transition from alcohol to coffee. Coffee is portrayed as a significant part of their daily routine, emphasizing its advantages including enhanced energy, mood improvement, and, importantly, liver health support. Key points cover various health benefits of coffee: it boosts energy, mitigates the risk of type 2 diabetes, supports brain and cognitive functions potentially reducing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease risks, promotes weight management, and lowers depression risk. Despite these benefits, coffee is not recommended for everyone, especially individuals with high blood pressure or heart conditions, due to caffeine's potential to increase blood pressure. Particular emphasis is placed on coffee's positive effect on liver health. Studies and personal experiences highlight coffee's role in reducing liver damage risks, improving liver enzyme levels, and decreasing liver stiffness. Drinking 2-4 cups daily is suggested, although consultation with a healthcare provider is advised to tailor to individual health needs. The creator also notes that coffee acts as a diuretic, potentially aiding those with liver-related fluid retention issues. The video concludes with practical advice on choosing organic coffee to avoid pesticide exposure and suggests using refillable pods to enhance flavor and reduce costs. Overall, coffee is presented as a beneficial beverage with potential liver health benefits, especially for those recovering from alcohol dependency.

Takeaways

  • ☕ Coffee is a great alcohol substitute.
  • 🚀 Boost energy and reduce fatigue with coffee.
  • 🧠 Coffee supports brain health and may reduce Alzheimer's risk.
  • 💪 Helps in weight management and boosts physical performance.
  • 🛡️ Drinking coffee can improve liver health.
  • ❤️ Lower risk of depression with coffee's help.
  • 🔍 Choose organic to avoid pesticides.
  • 📉 Coffee may reduce type 2 diabetes risk.
  • 🩺 Consult a doctor before increasing coffee intake if health issues present.
  • 🌿 Consider refillable pods for cost-effective, quality coffee brewing.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video starts with the host expressing gratitude towards viewers, responding to many comments on a previous video. The main topic of discussion is coffee, a personal favorite that helped replace alcohol in the host’s life. The host acknowledges drinking large amounts of coffee but considers it a lesser evil compared to alcohol.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The host highlights the benefits of drinking coffee, focusing on personal energy levels. Coffee is acknowledged as a major energy booster thanks to caffeine, which enhances neurotransmitters. The host draws from personal experiences, admitting to heavy coffee consumption and sharing insights on how it alleviates fatigue associated with liver disease.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Further into the coffee's benefits, the video discusses its potential in reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes and supporting brain health. Studies mentioned indicate protective effects against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The host notes the personal psychological benefits of coffee, especially concerning mood and energy.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Additional coffee benefits discussed include weight management and reduced depression risk. Studies suggest coffee helps in maintaining body weight by influencing fat storage and gut health. The host mentions personal improvements in mood and reduced anxiety, relating it to lessened alcohol consumption and enhanced mental well-being.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The video continues exploring coffee’s connection to liver health. Various studies highlight decreased risks of liver scarring, cancer, and diseases with regular coffee intake. Despite unclear exact mechanisms, caffeine and antioxidants are speculated contributing factors. The host shares personal experiences with liver health after replacing alcohol with coffee.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The host shifts focus back to personal coffee habits, tying coffee consumption to improved liver function observed since the diagnosis of cirrhosis. Emphasizing a lifestyle change, coffee replaces alcohol, potentially aiding in reversing liver conditions due to its natural benefits. The host advises viewers with similar health concerns to consider coffee.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    Coffee is also presented as a diuretic that can assist with fluid retention issues, particularly in individuals with ascites due to liver problems. Drinking coffee is encouraged as part of managing overall fluid intake and aiding in natural diuresis. The host connects these effects with positive experiences in managing personal health.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    A wide-ranging discussion covers coffee's general health implications, digging into broader effects like preventing kidney stones and promoting cardiovascular health. Emphasizing moderation, the host stresses verifying personal safety in coffee consumption, especially for individuals with specific health conditions. Details hint at the careful balance of benefits and cautions.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:47:35

    Concluding, the host passionately advocates for coffee as a beneficial substitute or supplement for alcohol, with extensive personal endorsements and experiences. Advising organic choices and moderation, the emphasis is on coffee's vast array of positive health impacts, particularly for liver health. The segment wraps with a heartfelt thank you to viewers.

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Video Q&A

  • What are some health benefits of coffee?

    Coffee can boost energy levels, improve liver health, reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, support brain health, promote weight management, and lower the risk of depression.

  • How does coffee affect the liver?

    Drinking coffee helps reduce liver stiffness, improve liver enzyme levels, lower the risk of liver damage, cirrhosis, and certain types of liver cancer.

  • Is coffee safe for people with high blood pressure?

    People with unmanaged high blood pressure should approach coffee with caution, as caffeine can raise blood pressure levels.

  • Does coffee have any negative effects?

    Coffee may not be suitable for everyone, particularly those with heart conditions or high blood pressure, and consuming it in excess can lead to negative effects.

  • How much coffee is recommended for liver health benefits?

    Studies suggest drinking 2-4 cups of coffee per day could provide benefits for liver health, but it's essential to consult a doctor if you have health concerns.

  • Can coffee improve mental health?

    Yes, some studies indicate that coffee consumption is linked to a lower risk of depression and can improve mood by providing energy.

  • What is the impact of coffee on diabetes?

    Consuming coffee regularly could be associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

  • Is drinking coffee a good replacement for alcohol?

    The creator mentions using coffee as a replacement for alcohol, which could help due to its health benefits and ability to satisfy hand-to-mouth habits.

  • Are all types of coffee equally beneficial?

    While filtered, instant, and espresso preparations may provide health benefits, the type of bean and preparation method can alter the health impact.

  • Should organic coffee be preferred?

    Yes, as non-organic coffee might contain pesticides harmful to health. Choosing organic can prevent these potential risks.

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    guys it's September the 3rd 2024 and I
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    really do hope that everybody is having
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    a wonderful day so far
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    today I just want to start off today's
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    video and just and really really say
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    thank you like from the bottom of my
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    heart thank you so much for all the kind
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    words that everybody said yesterday in
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    the comments I am still trying to finish
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    getting back to
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    everybody there was like 250 something
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    comments on yesterday's video it it was
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    a lot and uh you know thing I actually
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    do read each and every single one of
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    each comment is read and I reply
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    accordingly to each one of the comments
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    I'm still trying to finish getting
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    everybody and I got to go back and reply
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    to the comments from the video from the
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    day before too uh I I haven't got to
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    those yet as well um but I'm getting to
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    them and I I'll I'll have them all done
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    by the end of the day today but I just
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    wanted to go ahead and get out here and
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    film today's video and um what I want to
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    talk about today is one of my favorite
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    things in the entire world um which
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    wasn't uh one of my favorite things in
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    the world world when I was a
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    drinker and what I want to talk about
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    today is coffee
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    and I I coffee truly is like my favorite
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    thing uh to consume in out of everything
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    in the
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    world and since I've stopped drinking uh
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    coffee has become a staple of my life
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    and I probably do drink more than I
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    should I'll be the first one to admit
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    that because I do I drink a lot of
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    coffee a lot of
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    coffee but I got to say you know there's
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    worse things to be drinking than coffee
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    and uh you know will I say that I
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    probably replaced alcohol with coffee a
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    little
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    bit I have to say I
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    have and like I said I'll be the first
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    one to admit that yes uh I do drink more
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    than I probably should but once again uh
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    I'm not drinking alcohol and um you know
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    what I wanted to talk about today is uh
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    the benefits of coffee and what coffee
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    can do for us and you know this is one
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    of those topics you know coffee is not
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    for everybody it's just like drugs or
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    alcohol you know each one's not for
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    everybody you know you might have tried
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    something you might have tried drinking
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    and it it just didn't you know work for
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    you and you don't like alcohol it's you
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    know coffee is the same way not
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    everybody likes coffee and not everybody
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    can drink coffee you know certain people
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    out there with heart conditions and
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    stuff like that high blood pressure
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    uh because it can raise your blood
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    pressure up um and some people just
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    can't stomach it it upsets some people's
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    stomach so if coffee is not for you I
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    get it but you know there are a lot of
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    people out there who enjoy coffee uh
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    like I do and uh that's what I want to
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    talk about it today is uh you know how
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    good coffee can be for you and uh you
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    know what it can do for us um especially
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    with uh improving our Liver Health
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    because it it it does um now the thing
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    is is that you know you want to be
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    drinking black coffee and that's another
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    thing I know that a lot of people don't
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    like to drink black coffee and you know
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    I don't drink all of my coffee black uh
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    when I wake up first thing in the
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    morning um I do use a zero sugar creamer
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    in my first cup of coffee for the day uh
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    you know it's just I I like a cup of
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    coffee with some French vanilla creamer
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    in there and I just have one but it's
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    like my treat for the day it's my
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    breakfast
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    and sometimes I won't sometimes I'll
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    actually save my coffee with the creamer
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    in it for night time because I actually
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    do have coffee a lot of times it's like
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    my dessert at night and I'm one of those
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    type of people that I can drink a cup of
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    coffee and go right to sleep it does not
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    keep me awake like that uh now when I
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    you know when I was younger and when I
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    didn't drink that much coffee I mean
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    coffee used to make me have the Jitter
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    so I would have the shakes if I drink
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    too much coffee um and I really started
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    drinking coffee pretty heavy in my late
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    20s uh I was drinking like a lot of
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    coffee back then but I then I started
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    drinking in the mornings and I stopped
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    drinking coffee because hot coffee and
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    cold beer cuz I I was when I started
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    drinking in the mornings I was drinking
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    beer uh I wasn't quite at the point
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    where I was drinking liquor in the
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    morning quite yet that's one things just
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    really got out of control for me um not
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    saying that drinking beer in the morning
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    is a good thing but I wasn't getting
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    like three sheets to the wind at 8:00 in
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    the morning when I was drinking beer um
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    you know it took me a 12pack of beer
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    just to even really catch a buzz and uh
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    you know two or three beers for me was
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    just I used to call it a snacka Tizer
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    that's what I used to call it you know
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    you know a couple beers I'm just going
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    to I used to tell her but I'm just going
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    to have a quick snacka Tizer and that
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    was a beer for me but um anyway I don't
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    want to carry on about that for too long
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    the point of today's video is is about
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    coffee and uh you know once again what
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    coffee can do for us and the benefits of
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    coffee um because like I said coffee is
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    by far my favorite
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    beverage so let's talk about what are
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    some of the benefits of coffee uh you
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    know just in general
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    so I've got nine benefits right here uh
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    let me put my glasses on really quick it
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    was like super bright out here um but
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    anyway so coffee can Boost energy levels
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    coffee contains caffeine a central
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    nervous system stimulant that's been
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    known for it ability to fight fatigue
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    and increase energy levels so once again
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    uh it says this uh is because caffeine
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    blocks receptors of a neurotransmitter
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    called
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    adenosine it increases levels of other
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    neurotransmitters in your brain that
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    regulate your energy levels including
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    dopamine so uh uh coffee is or caffeine
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    is dopamine energic uh one small study
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    found that consuming uh caffeine
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    increases increase time to exhaustion
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    during a cycling exercise by 12% and
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    significantly reduce objective levels of
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    fatigue in
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    participants another study had similar
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    findings reporting that consuming
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    caffeine before and during a round of
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    golf imp improved in performance
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    increased subjective energy levels and
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    reduce feelings of fatigue so uh you
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    know it can help us with our energy
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    levels which I can tell you right now I
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    need uh you know and I don't really feel
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    the effects uh from it that much anymore
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    um
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    but when I don't drink coffee I can tell
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    uh I definitely can tell and you know
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    one of the things that comes along with
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    liver disease is fatigue um I'm tired
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    all the time I'm tired right now like
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    exhausted uh I don't know if you can see
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    it in my eyes or not but I'm like really
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    really tired right now and uh I I just
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    had a cup of coffee before I came out
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    here and I like I said I drink coffee
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    all day long I probably drink somewhere
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    between four five six cups of coffee a
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    day and I'm just being completely honest
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    with you guys now there's days where I
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    just can't drink that much coffee cuz I
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    have a surgery or something like that
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    but I can tell you like this when I wake
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    up from my surgery the first thing that
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    I ask for is a cup of coffee and I while
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    I'm in the hospital in the recovery I'm
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    drinking coffee they they all know me in
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    there too sorry about the wing guys but
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    they all know me in there and they
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    already know too that I'm going to ask
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    for a cup of coffee so usually like
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    right as I start to stir and wake up
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    they're already grabbing my coffee for
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    me and bringing it to me because like
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    that's what I'm looking forward to and
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    you can't have coffee before you have
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    your procedure uh you know you can't
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    have anything to eat after midnight so I
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    woke up that morning didn't get my
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    coffee so the first thing I'm looking
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    for is a cup of coffee after that
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    another thing that coffee can do for us
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    is uh may be linked to a lower risk of
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    type 2 diabetes which is a really good
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    thing right there so some research
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    suggests that consuming coffee regularly
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    could be associated with a increased
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    risk of developing type diabetes over
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    the long term in fact one review of 30
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    studies found that each cup of coffee
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    people consum consume per day was linked
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    to a 6% lower risk for developing type 2
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    diabetes this is thought to be due to
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    coffee's ability to preserve the
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    function of the beta cells in your
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    pancreas which a response for reducing
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    insulin to regulate blood sugar levels
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    plus it's rich in antioxidants which may
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    affect insulin sensitivity inflammation
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    and metabolism ISM all of which are
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    involved in the development of type 2
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    diabetes so another thing could support
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    brain health although Studies have
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    turned up mixed results some research
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    suggest that coffee may help protect
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    against certain neuro uh degenerative
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    disorders including Alzheimer's disease
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    and Parkinson's disease according to one
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    review of 13 studies people who
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    regularly consume caffeine had a
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    significantly lowered risk of developing
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    Parkinson's disease what's more caffeine
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    consumption also show slowed the
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    progression of parkon disease over time
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    another review of 11 observational
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    studies and more than 29,000 people also
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    found that more the more coffee people
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    consume the lower risk of their
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    Alzheimer disease additionally seever
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    several studies have demonstrated that
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    moderate coffee consumption could be
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    associated with a lower risk of dementia
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    and cognitive decline
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    another great thing from drinking coffee
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    it may Pro promote weight management
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    According to some research coffee could
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    alter fat storage and support gut health
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    both of which may be beneficial for
  • 00:10:12
    weight management for example one review
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    of 12 studies concluded that higher
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    coffee consumption could be associated
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    with a decrease body fat especially in
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    Men in another study increased coffee
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    intake was linked to the decreased body
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    fat in women furthermore one study found
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    found that people who drank one to two
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    cups of coffee per day were 17% more
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    likely to meet recommended physical
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    activity levels compared with those who
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    drink less than one cup per day higher
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    levels of physical activity could help
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    promote weight management so you know
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    back to the point that it gives us more
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    energy you know helps us not be so
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    fatigued we're able to get you know more
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    exercise done so we're just improving
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    our overall health with it it's linked
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    to a lower risk of depression some
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    Studies have found that drinking coffee
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    could be associated with a lower risk of
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    depression according to one of according
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    to one review of seven studies each cup
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    of coffee people consume per day was
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    linked to an 8% lower risk of
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    depression wow so I drink like five cups
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    of coffee today so I've got a 40% less
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    chance of being depressed another study
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    found that drinking at least four cups
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    of coffee each day was associated with a
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    significantly lower risk of depression
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    compared with drinking just one cup per
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    day what's more one study and more than
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    200,000 people showed that drinking
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    coffee was link to a lower risk of death
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    by you know what starts with an S I'm
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    not going to say the
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    name so another great reason why it it
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    can help us not be so depressed and you
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    know the thing is I mean why did a lot
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    do a lot of us drink and why you know
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    why would we drink when we would get
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    depressed and then drink or either it's
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    anxiety and I think a lot of us have
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    depression and anxiety were the reasons
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    that we drank and Trauma I think is the
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    bottom line and the base of a lot of us
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    is you know
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    trauma uh depression and anxiety uh and
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    you know coffee and it just said right
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    there you know due to some studies that
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    an 8% decrease in the risk of depression
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    each cup of coffee I'm not saying go out
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    there and drink 10 cups of coffee to get
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    an 80% RI you know depression uh reduced
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    risk but you know uh you know having a
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    couple cups of coffee every day can help
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    significantly with that and um I can
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    tell you guys I drink a lot of coffee
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    and uh you know I'm normally in a pretty
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    good mood and um you know my depression
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    is not as bad as it was back in those
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    days do I still get depressed yeah
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    absolutely um do I still get anxiety
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    yeah but nowhere near the levels I did
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    when I was a drinker uh especially the
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    depression
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    um now of course you know sometimes I'll
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    start thinking about things and my
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    health condition and my mind will start
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    to wonder and I'll start to feel a
  • 00:13:07
    little depressed but then what I do is
  • 00:13:09
    uh uh you know I'll get up and maybe go
  • 00:13:13
    outside get in the Sun for a little bit
  • 00:13:14
    try to change my mind put in my earbuds
  • 00:13:17
    listen to a podcast or an audio book or
  • 00:13:19
    something and uh you know another thing
  • 00:13:22
    too is uh you know I sit down and uh
  • 00:13:25
    I'll pray and uh you know I think
  • 00:13:28
    praying is a lot like meditation you
  • 00:13:30
    know we're setting our intentions you
  • 00:13:32
    know we're asking for what we
  • 00:13:34
    want asking for guidance asking for
  • 00:13:37
    clarity you know these are the types of
  • 00:13:39
    things uh you know I really do think
  • 00:13:41
    that help us you know it's almost a it's
  • 00:13:43
    almost a state of
  • 00:13:45
    meditation what's another thing could
  • 00:13:48
    protect against liver
  • 00:13:51
    conditions and I'm going to talk more
  • 00:13:53
    about what it can do for our liver here
  • 00:13:55
    after I get done with just these basic
  • 00:13:56
    things that coffee can do for us but
  • 00:13:59
    this is a big one right here
  • 00:14:01
    interestingly several studies suggest
  • 00:14:03
    that coffee could support Liver Health
  • 00:14:05
    and protect against disease now I will
  • 00:14:08
    say before I get into all this because
  • 00:14:10
    I've you know I did all this research
  • 00:14:11
    before I did today's video um they're
  • 00:14:14
    not really sure what the mechanism of
  • 00:14:15
    action is why coffee helps our liver the
  • 00:14:18
    way it does uh but there's been a lot of
  • 00:14:20
    scientific studies that have been done
  • 00:14:22
    and uh you know they they have found
  • 00:14:25
    that coffee does improve Liver Health
  • 00:14:27
    they're not sure if it's the actual
  • 00:14:28
    caffeine
  • 00:14:29
    or if it's the antioxidants in the
  • 00:14:31
    coffee but there's like a whole bunch of
  • 00:14:32
    different things of coffee that could be
  • 00:14:34
    attributed to it it could be all of them
  • 00:14:36
    together um it could be just a caffeine
  • 00:14:38
    or it could be one of those specific
  • 00:14:39
    items in the coffee they're not really
  • 00:14:41
    sure they just know that drinking coffee
  • 00:14:43
    does improve Liver Health um but it says
  • 00:14:45
    here for instance one study found that
  • 00:14:47
    drinking uh more than two cups of coffee
  • 00:14:50
    per day was linked to a lower rates of
  • 00:14:53
    liver scarring and liver cancer in
  • 00:14:55
    people with liver
  • 00:14:56
    disease other research shows shows that
  • 00:14:59
    the more coffee people drink the lower
  • 00:15:01
    risk of their death from chronic liver
  • 00:15:03
    disease drinking one cup of coffee per
  • 00:15:06
    day was tied to a 15% lower risk while
  • 00:15:09
    drinking four cups per day was linked to
  • 00:15:11
    a
  • 00:15:12
    71% lower
  • 00:15:16
    risk 71% lower risk four cups of coffee
  • 00:15:21
    from dying from chronic liver
  • 00:15:24
    disease another recent study found that
  • 00:15:27
    coffee consumption was associ iated with
  • 00:15:29
    decreased liver
  • 00:15:32
    stiffness which is a measure Health Care
  • 00:15:34
    Professionals use to assess fibrosis the
  • 00:15:37
    formation of scar tissue in the liver so
  • 00:15:40
    the summary is coffee consumption could
  • 00:15:42
    be linked to a decreased risk of death
  • 00:15:43
    from chronic liver disease along with
  • 00:15:45
    other conditions like liver scarring and
  • 00:15:48
    liver cancer and we're going to go a
  • 00:15:49
    little bit more in depth in this here
  • 00:15:50
    after I get done with these uh here's
  • 00:15:53
    another one supports heart health some
  • 00:15:57
    rearch research shows that drinking
  • 00:15:59
    coffee May benefit heart health in fact
  • 00:16:03
    one review found that drinking 3 to five
  • 00:16:06
    cups of coffee per day was tied to a 15%
  • 00:16:09
    reduced risk of heart disease another
  • 00:16:12
    review of 21 studies showed that
  • 00:16:13
    drinking coffee drinking three to four
  • 00:16:16
    cups of coffee daily was associated with
  • 00:16:18
    the 21% lower risk of
  • 00:16:20
    stroke what's more one study and more
  • 00:16:23
    than 21,000 people also found that
  • 00:16:26
    increased coffee intake was associated
  • 00:16:28
    with the significantly decrease risk of
  • 00:16:30
    heart
  • 00:16:31
    failure however keep in mind that
  • 00:16:33
    caffeine this is what I was talking
  • 00:16:34
    about at the beginning keep in mind that
  • 00:16:36
    caffeine could affect blood pressure
  • 00:16:38
    levels therefore people with unmanaged
  • 00:16:40
    blood pressure may need to limit or
  • 00:16:41
    moderate their caffeine intake so if you
  • 00:16:44
    have high blood pressure it's probably
  • 00:16:46
    not a good idea just to be drinking a
  • 00:16:48
    whole lot of coffee because it does
  • 00:16:49
    raise blood
  • 00:16:52
    pressure the next one could increase
  • 00:16:55
    longevity some research suggest that
  • 00:16:57
    coffee could help extend and Longevity
  • 00:16:59
    thanks to his multitude of potential
  • 00:17:02
    health benefits for example one review
  • 00:17:04
    of 40 studies concluded that drinking
  • 00:17:06
    two to four cups of coffee daily was
  • 00:17:08
    associated with a lower risk of death
  • 00:17:10
    regardless of factors like age weight
  • 00:17:13
    status weight status and alcohol
  • 00:17:16
    consumption similarly another study in
  • 00:17:20
    1,567 people found that drinking Deca
  • 00:17:24
    caffeinated coffee was linked to a lower
  • 00:17:26
    risk of death after 12 and 18 years
  • 00:17:29
    followup furthermore drinking at least
  • 00:17:31
    one cup of coffee per day was also
  • 00:17:33
    associated with a lower risk of death
  • 00:17:34
    from cancer interestingly one test tube
  • 00:17:38
    study showed that coffee was unable to
  • 00:17:41
    significantly extend the lifespan of
  • 00:17:43
    yeast by protecting against free
  • 00:17:45
    radicals in DNA damage however more
  • 00:17:48
    researchers needed to determine whether
  • 00:17:50
    this could have just applied to humans
  • 00:17:53
    the next one may enhance athletic
  • 00:17:56
    performance coffee is often used as a ER
  • 00:18:01
    ergogenic Aid by by athletes looking to
  • 00:18:04
    improve performance and increase energy
  • 00:18:06
    levels an ergogenic aid is also called a
  • 00:18:11
    performance enhancer one review of nine
  • 00:18:13
    studies reported that drinking coffee
  • 00:18:15
    before exercise improve people's
  • 00:18:16
    endurance and increase their perceived
  • 00:18:18
    ex exertion compared with a control
  • 00:18:21
    group another study in 126 older adults
  • 00:18:25
    found that drinking coffee was
  • 00:18:26
    associated with improved physical
  • 00:18:29
    performance and faster gate speed even
  • 00:18:32
    after the researchers adjusted for
  • 00:18:34
    factors like age B belly fat and
  • 00:18:36
    physical activity levels so another
  • 00:18:38
    really cool thing so the bottom line
  • 00:18:40
    here coffee is a popular be beverage
  • 00:18:43
    that researchers have studied
  • 00:18:45
    extensively for its many health benefits
  • 00:18:47
    including its ability to increase energy
  • 00:18:49
    levels Pro weight promote weight
  • 00:18:52
    management enhance athletic performance
  • 00:18:54
    and protect against chronic disease keep
  • 00:18:57
    in mind that some people may need need
  • 00:18:58
    to limit their intake including people
  • 00:19:00
    who are pregnant or breastfeeding
  • 00:19:02
    children and Adolescence and people with
  • 00:19:04
    certain health conditions still drinking
  • 00:19:06
    coffee in moderation about 3 to four
  • 00:19:08
    cups per day has also been associated
  • 00:19:11
    with several health benefits and is
  • 00:19:13
    generally considered safe for most
  • 00:19:15
    adults so those some really cool things
  • 00:19:17
    that uh you know coffee can do for us
  • 00:19:20
    well let's talk about what coffee can do
  • 00:19:21
    for us for our
  • 00:19:23
    liver so here drinking coffee is
  • 00:19:25
    generally considered good to be good for
  • 00:19:27
    your liver and there is evidence that it
  • 00:19:30
    can reduce the risk of liver disease
  • 00:19:33
    coffee May reduce the risk of liver
  • 00:19:35
    damage sorosis and hepo hepat cellular
  • 00:19:40
    carcinoma HCC a type of liver
  • 00:19:44
    cancer it can improve liver enzyme
  • 00:19:47
    levels coffee consumption May improve
  • 00:19:49
    liver enzyme levels especially in people
  • 00:19:53
    at risk for liver disease so if you've
  • 00:19:56
    been drinking for a long period of time
  • 00:19:59
    uh you know you've been drinking for a
  • 00:20:02
    decade and you just quit drinking and
  • 00:20:06
    you know you think your liver might you
  • 00:20:08
    know have had some damage coffee is a
  • 00:20:11
    really good thing to consume uh because
  • 00:20:14
    it does it helps with our liver a
  • 00:20:17
    lot it can also slow the progression of
  • 00:20:20
    liver disease coffee may slow the
  • 00:20:22
    progression of liver disease in some
  • 00:20:24
    people and you know once again I drink a
  • 00:20:27
    lot of coffee every single day and I
  • 00:20:29
    love coffee but also it's you know when
  • 00:20:32
    I first got sick found out I had
  • 00:20:34
    therosis is one of the first things that
  • 00:20:36
    I looked up was what can I do to help
  • 00:20:38
    myself with this and one of the things
  • 00:20:41
    was was drink coffee and I decided Well
  • 00:20:45
    I'm just going to start drinking coffee
  • 00:20:46
    every day and you know I had a really
  • 00:20:49
    hard time eating during that time period
  • 00:20:51
    too I just could not stomach food uh
  • 00:20:54
    especially when I first got out of the
  • 00:20:56
    hospital the first time and the second
  • 00:20:57
    time those were only a few months in
  • 00:20:59
    between and I was having a lot of
  • 00:21:01
    pancreatic problems and you know my
  • 00:21:03
    liver was really acting up during that
  • 00:21:05
    period of time I had
  • 00:21:07
    jice my ammonia levels were through the
  • 00:21:09
    roof it was just a mess and uh you know
  • 00:21:13
    I just I I I couldn't eat a lot but I
  • 00:21:15
    could drink coffee and I couldn't just
  • 00:21:16
    drink you know drink it really fast but
  • 00:21:18
    it was something that I could drink and
  • 00:21:21
    um I'm telling you guys I fell in love
  • 00:21:23
    with it and I really wasn't that big of
  • 00:21:26
    a coffee drinker before I found I had
  • 00:21:27
    therosis but you know I sto drinking you
  • 00:21:31
    know I kind of replace the alcohol with
  • 00:21:33
    coffee and then it's got all these other
  • 00:21:35
    benefits including it as well um I I
  • 00:21:39
    just think it's a great addition in our
  • 00:21:41
    arsenal of tools that we can use to
  • 00:21:44
    improve our Liver Health improve our
  • 00:21:45
    health in
  • 00:21:47
    general uh here's another thing too uh
  • 00:21:50
    it reduces liver stiffness drinking more
  • 00:21:53
    than three cups of coffee a day May
  • 00:21:55
    reduce liver stiffness and if any of you
  • 00:21:58
    guys have ever had a fibrosis test uh
  • 00:22:01
    you they basically go and they they uh
  • 00:22:03
    they check the stiffness of your liver
  • 00:22:06
    and they give you a score and um you
  • 00:22:09
    know the stiffer our liver gets the
  • 00:22:11
    harder it is for the blood to flow
  • 00:22:13
    through it um I've talked about this
  • 00:22:15
    many times but you know think of your
  • 00:22:16
    liver as like a water filter um you know
  • 00:22:20
    when you get a brand new water filter
  • 00:22:21
    let's say you buy one of those Britt
  • 00:22:23
    water filters that you like you fill up
  • 00:22:26
    the picture and you put it in your
  • 00:22:27
    fridge uh when you you first get that
  • 00:22:29
    water filter you get get a brand new uh
  • 00:22:31
    bre uh you know little jug uh when you
  • 00:22:34
    first get it you know it's got the
  • 00:22:36
    little area on the top you pour the
  • 00:22:37
    water in there the water filters down
  • 00:22:39
    through and it fills up the container in
  • 00:22:40
    the bottom when you first get it you
  • 00:22:43
    pour the water in there it basically
  • 00:22:44
    filters right through immediately But as
  • 00:22:47
    time goes on and you know as the days go
  • 00:22:49
    on and the more and more that we pour
  • 00:22:51
    water in there and we start filling it
  • 00:22:53
    up what starts to happen well that
  • 00:22:55
    filter starts to get sediment uh you
  • 00:22:58
    know all kinds of garbage that's
  • 00:22:59
    catching the chemicals the chlorine all
  • 00:23:01
    that kind of stuff that's catching
  • 00:23:02
    depending on your filter what is
  • 00:23:04
    catching um and the more stuff that gets
  • 00:23:07
    in those little teeny membranes inside
  • 00:23:09
    that filter the slower that that water
  • 00:23:12
    starts to pour through well that's
  • 00:23:13
    basically what's happening with our
  • 00:23:14
    liver uh so you know if you have a
  • 00:23:16
    really healthy liver the blood flows too
  • 00:23:18
    just like a brand new water filter but
  • 00:23:21
    as we drink and or Andor whatever else
  • 00:23:25
    because you know therosis and liver
  • 00:23:27
    disease stuff is not just caused because
  • 00:23:31
    of uh drinking alcohol there's a lot of
  • 00:23:33
    other things that can happen you have
  • 00:23:35
    autoimmune disease hepatitis I mean
  • 00:23:37
    there's a lot of stuff that can cause it
  • 00:23:39
    uh you know starting with fatty liver
  • 00:23:42
    and not doing anything about fatty liver
  • 00:23:43
    and letting that progress the curosis
  • 00:23:45
    there's a lot of people that are here on
  • 00:23:47
    this channel that don't that didn't
  • 00:23:49
    drink uh they just ended up with fatty
  • 00:23:51
    liver because man they drink too much
  • 00:23:52
    soda or ate too much sugar or had
  • 00:23:56
    autoimmune disease and then that
  • 00:23:58
    progressed over from fatty liver to
  • 00:24:00
    therosis uh so I just wanted to clarify
  • 00:24:03
    that not it not all liver diseases
  • 00:24:04
    create equals not it doesn't all come
  • 00:24:06
    from the same reasons um and you know
  • 00:24:09
    I'm sure there's a lot of people out
  • 00:24:10
    there uh who have ended up with the uh
  • 00:24:13
    fatty liver and dcos um or fibrosis and
  • 00:24:18
    they go to the doctor and they're
  • 00:24:19
    getting you know the stigma from healthc
  • 00:24:21
    Care Professionals sometimes and it's
  • 00:24:23
    not uh you know that most people think
  • 00:24:26
    that when somebody has liver disease
  • 00:24:28
    from alcohol and that's just not always
  • 00:24:30
    the case and I'm sure there's a lot of
  • 00:24:31
    people out there who you know are
  • 00:24:34
    dealing with this and you know they go
  • 00:24:36
    and you know people think that they're a
  • 00:24:38
    drinker and they're not but anyway once
  • 00:24:41
    again I'm getting off subject um another
  • 00:24:45
    thing that coffee can do is it acts as a
  • 00:24:47
    diuretic coffee can act as a diuretic
  • 00:24:49
    which may help cleanse the liver and
  • 00:24:51
    kidneys of harmful chemicals another
  • 00:24:54
    thing too uh with coffee being a
  • 00:24:57
    diuretic um um if you are dealing with
  • 00:24:59
    aites uh number one you're only allowed
  • 00:25:02
    to drink well you can drink as much as
  • 00:25:04
    you want you're not I don't want to say
  • 00:25:06
    aloud um you're only supposed to drink
  • 00:25:09
    two lers of fluid a day and you want to
  • 00:25:14
    what you drink you want to make a count
  • 00:25:16
    um you know you don't want to drink two
  • 00:25:18
    liters of soda when you're dealing with
  • 00:25:20
    aides uh you know you really want to be
  • 00:25:22
    drinking water and stuff like that but
  • 00:25:24
    coffee is a great addition and um you
  • 00:25:27
    know you can you can adjust your amount
  • 00:25:29
    of coffee you know uh if you have like a
  • 00:25:32
    curig machine or something like that you
  • 00:25:33
    know it gives you the option do you want
  • 00:25:35
    a 9 o 8 oz 11 oz cup 12 oz cup you know
  • 00:25:39
    make yourself an 8 oz cup of coffee uh
  • 00:25:42
    make it the small one um and you know
  • 00:25:45
    have coffee in place of drinking water
  • 00:25:49
    uh you know not only um is it great
  • 00:25:52
    thing to drink because it does all these
  • 00:25:54
    great things for us it's helping our
  • 00:25:55
    liver uh you know reduce the stiffness
  • 00:25:58
    and all that stuff um but not just that
  • 00:26:01
    it's a diuretic so if you're dealing
  • 00:26:02
    with aites it's going to help you to pee
  • 00:26:05
    out uh that excess fluid that you have
  • 00:26:07
    inside your body and if you're dealing
  • 00:26:09
    with aides they're going to put you on
  • 00:26:10
    diuretics and lasic anyway most likely
  • 00:26:13
    uh especially lasx in the beginning they
  • 00:26:15
    don't like you to stay on the lasx too
  • 00:26:16
    long but the thing is that you can add
  • 00:26:18
    another Tool uh once again in your
  • 00:26:21
    toolbox of things that you can do to
  • 00:26:22
    help yourself by drinking coffee because
  • 00:26:24
    it's a natural diuretic in itself and
  • 00:26:27
    you and and like I said said you don't
  • 00:26:28
    want to be taking the lasx for too long
  • 00:26:31
    uh so if you're taking a diuretic and
  • 00:26:32
    drinking coffee you're really going to
  • 00:26:34
    be getting a lot of that excess fluid
  • 00:26:35
    out by by urinating it
  • 00:26:39
    out um and then on top of it it's it's
  • 00:26:42
    cleansing your liver and your kidneys
  • 00:26:45
    out um I saw another thing too while I
  • 00:26:48
    was doing my research today that it said
  • 00:26:50
    that um drinking coffee can also uh help
  • 00:26:54
    to prevent getting kidney stones and I
  • 00:26:56
    was not aware of that there's another
  • 00:26:59
    thing right there I've never had kidney
  • 00:27:00
    stones before but after speaking to so
  • 00:27:02
    many people here on the channel because
  • 00:27:04
    people have had all kinds of problems
  • 00:27:06
    here um you know and I talk about my
  • 00:27:09
    health problems and people will share
  • 00:27:10
    back with me their problems that they've
  • 00:27:12
    had and people have told me that having
  • 00:27:14
    kidney stones is like very very very
  • 00:27:17
    painful like extremely
  • 00:27:20
    excruciatingly painful and people have
  • 00:27:22
    told me uh that you know you do not want
  • 00:27:25
    to end up with kidney stones um so here
  • 00:27:28
    you go you know drinking coffee can help
  • 00:27:30
    reduce your kidney stones you know
  • 00:27:32
    prevent you from getting them and if
  • 00:27:34
    you're dealing with all this other stuff
  • 00:27:35
    all these other health complications
  • 00:27:36
    especially liver and pancreatic problems
  • 00:27:39
    you're already going to be in enough
  • 00:27:40
    pain and you're going to be pretty
  • 00:27:42
    miserable anyway why end up with kidney
  • 00:27:44
    stones as well and if they can help
  • 00:27:46
    prevent them uh man just another add-on
  • 00:27:50
    in addition of why you want to drink
  • 00:27:52
    coffee um so here's something right here
  • 00:27:55
    however coffee cannot always prevent
  • 00:27:56
    liver disease other factors that can
  • 00:27:59
    affect Liver Health include reducing
  • 00:28:02
    alcohol consumption which is you know
  • 00:28:03
    pretty much no brainer eating a healthy
  • 00:28:06
    diet staying active following your
  • 00:28:10
    doctor's advice and avoiding coffee with
  • 00:28:12
    sugar syrups or creams um and like I
  • 00:28:16
    said you know I I will have uh you know
  • 00:28:21
    a cup of coffee in the morning first
  • 00:28:22
    thing with a little bit of creamer in it
  • 00:28:24
    and I don't like pour like a cup of it
  • 00:28:26
    in there you know it's like two
  • 00:28:28
    tablespoons of creamer and then that's
  • 00:28:30
    it for the rest of day it's it's black
  • 00:28:32
    coffee for me for the rest of day and
  • 00:28:33
    it's not every day that I drink that as
  • 00:28:35
    well it's just you know every once in a
  • 00:28:37
    while I wake up and I do want to have
  • 00:28:39
    some creamer in there especially on
  • 00:28:40
    those mornings when you wake up it's
  • 00:28:43
    like right now you know it's starting to
  • 00:28:45
    cool off this is this is by far my
  • 00:28:47
    favorite time of the year I love when it
  • 00:28:50
    starts to get you know where the leaves
  • 00:28:51
    start to change the weather starts to
  • 00:28:54
    cool down the days start to get a little
  • 00:28:56
    bit shorter the winds start to pick up a
  • 00:28:58
    little bit and uh especially in the
  • 00:29:01
    mornings and at night oh my gosh it's
  • 00:29:03
    just it's so nice to be outside in the
  • 00:29:06
    mornings and at night time during this
  • 00:29:07
    time of year cuz it's just so cool and
  • 00:29:10
    when I get myself a nice hot super hot
  • 00:29:13
    cup of coffee with just a little bit of
  • 00:29:15
    creamer in it I love going out in the
  • 00:29:18
    morning and sitting outside on my porch
  • 00:29:20
    and just looking off into the woods and
  • 00:29:22
    that's the time when the deer are out
  • 00:29:24
    and the rabbits are out and all the
  • 00:29:25
    wildlife's out you know prancing around
  • 00:29:28
    and it's just beautiful to sit out and
  • 00:29:30
    watch the birds first thing in the
  • 00:29:32
    morning it's it's it's like my favorite
  • 00:29:34
    thing in the world to
  • 00:29:36
    do but um here's another thing too that
  • 00:29:39
    I pulled up just WebMD and it's uh you
  • 00:29:43
    know can cough can coffee help your
  • 00:29:46
    liver and uh it's got a whole bunch of
  • 00:29:48
    different things here of uh you know
  • 00:29:50
    things that coffee may do for a liver
  • 00:29:53
    and it can help prevent liver disease or
  • 00:29:55
    liver cancer uh it can help prevent
  • 00:29:58
    cancer and the lining of the uterus
  • 00:30:00
    called the
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    endometrium uh fibrosis a disease that
  • 00:30:04
    may scar tissue from inside your liver
  • 00:30:06
    it's reaction to conditions like
  • 00:30:08
    hepatitis or alcohol use disorder it can
  • 00:30:11
    help prevent curosis a late stage of
  • 00:30:13
    fibrosis as the disease gets worse your
  • 00:30:15
    liver has a harder time doing its
  • 00:30:17
    job non-alcohol related fatty liver
  • 00:30:20
    disease what we were just talking about
  • 00:30:22
    which develops when the liver cells
  • 00:30:23
    store too much fat it also helps keep
  • 00:30:25
    your liver from working like it should
  • 00:30:27
    it can help a par disease a brain
  • 00:30:29
    disorder that affects movement control
  • 00:30:31
    Alzheimer's disease it can also help
  • 00:30:33
    with gout and I have talked about gout I
  • 00:30:36
    I've had gout for a very long time and I
  • 00:30:39
    can promise you you do not want to end
  • 00:30:40
    up with that uh gout type of arthritis
  • 00:30:43
    that happens when you have too much uric
  • 00:30:45
    acid in your blood and it forms sharp
  • 00:30:47
    crystals in one or more of your
  • 00:30:50
    joints it says here if you're a big-
  • 00:30:52
    Time coffee lover the news gets better
  • 00:30:54
    the more you drink the more your chances
  • 00:30:56
    of liver disease go down and one study
  • 00:30:58
    researchers found that putting away two
  • 00:31:00
    cups a day cut the odds of sosis by
  • 00:31:05
    44% and four cups a day lowered them by
  • 00:31:10
    65% those are crazy
  • 00:31:13
    numbers I mean two cups of coffee
  • 00:31:16
    reduces it by 44% and then by drinking
  • 00:31:19
    four cups a day 65% I mean that's like
  • 00:31:22
    that's like a miracle right there I mean
  • 00:31:25
    really um
  • 00:31:28
    if you already if you're if you already
  • 00:31:31
    have a problem with your liver coffee
  • 00:31:32
    may help with that research shows that
  • 00:31:34
    moderate amounts typically typically
  • 00:31:36
    between 1 and three cups a day may slow
  • 00:31:38
    down the following conditions fibrosis
  • 00:31:41
    therosis Hepatitis B and C and
  • 00:31:44
    non-alcoholic fatty liver disease so how
  • 00:31:47
    does it help in addition to caffeine
  • 00:31:49
    coffee has more than 1,000 chemicals
  • 00:31:52
    doctors are still trying to figure out
  • 00:31:54
    what the body does with them that makes
  • 00:31:57
    coffee helpful here are a few pieces of
  • 00:31:59
    the puzzle when your body digests
  • 00:32:01
    caffeine it makes a chemical called
  • 00:32:04
    paranthe that slows the growth of scar
  • 00:32:07
    tissue involved in
  • 00:32:09
    fibrosis that may help help fight liver
  • 00:32:12
    cancer alcohol related sosis non-alcohol
  • 00:32:15
    related fatty liver disease and
  • 00:32:17
    hepatitis C two chemicals in coffee kall
  • 00:32:22
    and cafestol may help fight cancer
  • 00:32:25
    doctors aren't sure how powerful the
  • 00:32:27
    effect is but some moderate amounts of
  • 00:32:30
    unsweetened coffee could work alongside
  • 00:32:34
    the main treatments for most common con
  • 00:32:36
    of liver cancer hepo hepatocellular
  • 00:32:40
    carcinoma which we talked about
  • 00:32:42
    earlier acids and coffee may work
  • 00:32:44
    against the virus that causes hepatitis
  • 00:32:47
    B one study found that decaf coffee
  • 00:32:50
    could have the same
  • 00:32:52
    benefit Studies have found that coffee
  • 00:32:54
    helps men and women equally and the
  • 00:32:56
    benefits show up no matter how the
  • 00:32:59
    coffee is made filtered instant or
  • 00:33:02
    espresso coffee is medicine doctors
  • 00:33:05
    saying coffee might become an important
  • 00:33:06
    weapon in the fight against liver
  • 00:33:08
    disease after all it isn't easy to get
  • 00:33:11
    and doesn't have doesn't cost much
  • 00:33:14
    doesn't have to cost much I'm sorry but
  • 00:33:17
    at this point doctors don't have enough
  • 00:33:19
    uh information to recommend any specific
  • 00:33:21
    amount and coffee may not be for
  • 00:33:23
    everyone even though it might help your
  • 00:33:26
    liver it may raise your chances of other
  • 00:33:29
    conditions for example some chemicals in
  • 00:33:31
    it may raise your cholesterol level or
  • 00:33:33
    blood pressure that could be a caution
  • 00:33:35
    sign for people with high blood pressure
  • 00:33:37
    children and teens and older
  • 00:33:40
    adults no matter how good coffee might
  • 00:33:43
    be for you the key to taking care of
  • 00:33:44
    your liver is still your lifestyle
  • 00:33:47
    eating healthy food go easy on the
  • 00:33:49
    Alcohol watch your weight get vaccinated
  • 00:33:51
    for Hep hepatitis A and B and avoid
  • 00:33:54
    sharing needles and get regular exercise
  • 00:33:57
    so
  • 00:33:58
    guys the the proof is there and uh I'm
  • 00:34:01
    just going to put my sunglasses back on
  • 00:34:02
    really quick but the proof is there it
  • 00:34:05
    is
  • 00:34:06
    uh coffee is great for us it's great for
  • 00:34:09
    our liver it can really help us along
  • 00:34:11
    especially you know if you've been
  • 00:34:13
    drinking for a really long time and
  • 00:34:15
    you're looking for a natural way to help
  • 00:34:17
    heal your liver uh to maintain your
  • 00:34:21
    liver Health uh coffee is a great tool
  • 00:34:25
    to add to our Arsenal I just can't say
  • 00:34:28
    more about coffee once again though
  • 00:34:30
    coffee is not for everybody if you have
  • 00:34:33
    high blood pressure heart conditions
  • 00:34:35
    things like that you know it's just one
  • 00:34:36
    of those things talk to your doctor
  • 00:34:38
    about it first and make sure that it's
  • 00:34:40
    okay for you to drink it and you know
  • 00:34:43
    check with your doctor and make sure
  • 00:34:44
    that you know drinking two to four cups
  • 00:34:46
    of coffee a day is okay for you um I've
  • 00:34:49
    spoken to my doctor about coffee over
  • 00:34:52
    and over again I've told him how much I
  • 00:34:53
    like my coffee um and he doesn't have a
  • 00:34:56
    problem with it at all
  • 00:34:58
    uh you know I don't have high blood
  • 00:34:59
    pressure I do have high portal blood
  • 00:35:03
    pressure uh I have portal
  • 00:35:05
    hypertension um and you know the thing
  • 00:35:08
    is is that it's still not where they
  • 00:35:09
    want it to be uh they would like my my
  • 00:35:12
    portal hypertension to be a little bit
  • 00:35:14
    lower um but it's not quite there yet
  • 00:35:18
    and uh we'll just see what happens with
  • 00:35:20
    that but my point is is that um you know
  • 00:35:23
    check just check with your doctor make
  • 00:35:24
    sure that it's okay for you to drink
  • 00:35:25
    that much coffee but it can have really
  • 00:35:28
    good results and um you know I can tell
  • 00:35:31
    you guys uh you know when I when I first
  • 00:35:34
    was
  • 00:35:35
    hospitalized um my liver numbers were
  • 00:35:37
    through the roof and then the second
  • 00:35:39
    time I got hos hospitalized my liver
  • 00:35:41
    numbers were through the roof and not
  • 00:35:43
    just that I ended up with jaundice my I
  • 00:35:45
    had dark urine uh my skin was turning
  • 00:35:47
    orange my eyes were orange or yellow um
  • 00:35:51
    you know I was getting all of it the AES
  • 00:35:53
    and all that and uh my meld score was
  • 00:35:56
    through the roof it was in the thir 30s
  • 00:35:58
    and the last time that I had my mail
  • 00:36:00
    score checked my mail was a seven now is
  • 00:36:04
    it necessarily the coffee I don't know I
  • 00:36:06
    don't know what it is that's brought my
  • 00:36:08
    M uh score down um you know uh lifestyle
  • 00:36:13
    all that kind of stuff and I plan on
  • 00:36:14
    doing a video this week and talking
  • 00:36:16
    about all the things that I have done
  • 00:36:19
    personally uh that I think have improved
  • 00:36:22
    my liver health and I'm just going to
  • 00:36:23
    talk about my lifestyle the things I eat
  • 00:36:26
    things I do on a daily basis you know
  • 00:36:29
    and just make a whole video about the
  • 00:36:31
    things that I've done that I think have
  • 00:36:32
    helped improve my life and improve my
  • 00:36:35
    health in general and especially improve
  • 00:36:37
    my liver health and one of them is is
  • 00:36:40
    coffee you know the great thing about
  • 00:36:42
    coffee is not only is it great for us in
  • 00:36:45
    general for our General Health but it's
  • 00:36:47
    also great for our liver and the one
  • 00:36:50
    thing that I can say about coffee and
  • 00:36:52
    I'll tell you guys this it is a great
  • 00:36:55
    supplement for alcohol
  • 00:36:58
    um you know when you're you're thinking
  • 00:37:00
    about having a drink make yourself a cup
  • 00:37:03
    of coffee I'm telling you that hot
  • 00:37:05
    beverage you're drinking it you're not
  • 00:37:07
    going to drink it super fast you're
  • 00:37:08
    going to sip on it and it just is a nice
  • 00:37:12
    replacement for the booze and not just
  • 00:37:14
    to mention that it's a nice replacement
  • 00:37:16
    for the booze but you know we get these
  • 00:37:18
    uh hand mouth uh addictions as well it's
  • 00:37:21
    like smoking cigarettes you know we get
  • 00:37:24
    that addiction of doing this all the
  • 00:37:26
    time same thing with alcohol you get
  • 00:37:28
    used to doing this taking that cup put
  • 00:37:30
    it into your mouth or putting the bottle
  • 00:37:32
    to your mouth every single time we need
  • 00:37:33
    something to fill that Gap and uh having
  • 00:37:36
    a cup of coffee you know you got that
  • 00:37:38
    mug um you know you got to grab onto it
  • 00:37:42
    pick it up take it to your mouth each
  • 00:37:43
    time like I said you're taking sips of
  • 00:37:45
    it especially if you got it piping hot I
  • 00:37:47
    cannot drink cold coffee I'm not a cold
  • 00:37:49
    coffee drinker I never have been it's
  • 00:37:51
    just not I don't really care for it I
  • 00:37:53
    will drink it but I like my coffee to be
  • 00:37:56
    piping hot to the point where it will
  • 00:37:59
    burn my mouth if I drink it too fast I
  • 00:38:01
    like to sip on super hot coffee
  • 00:38:04
    especially in the early morning when
  • 00:38:06
    it's nice and cool outside this time of
  • 00:38:09
    year and when we get to like winter time
  • 00:38:10
    too oh man I will get my it'll come out
  • 00:38:14
    of the coffee machine and then I take it
  • 00:38:16
    and put it in the microwave so I always
  • 00:38:17
    make my coffee in a microwave safe cup
  • 00:38:20
    so I can put it in the microwave and
  • 00:38:21
    then I'll heat it up for like another 45
  • 00:38:23
    seconds to get it where it's like
  • 00:38:24
    starting to boil almost and then I'll
  • 00:38:27
    drink it because I want to sip on that
  • 00:38:29
    hot beverage and uh you know you wake up
  • 00:38:31
    in the morning your throat's a little
  • 00:38:33
    dry you might have a little bit of a
  • 00:38:34
    sore throat especially if you slept all
  • 00:38:36
    night long with your mouth open you guys
  • 00:38:38
    know what I'm talking about you drink
  • 00:38:40
    that hot coffee in the morning man it
  • 00:38:42
    just helps like open up your nasal
  • 00:38:43
    passages it helps soothe your throat
  • 00:38:46
    especially if your throat's a little bit
  • 00:38:48
    sore um it just makes you feel better
  • 00:38:51
    gives you a little bit of caffeine
  • 00:38:52
    you're getting that energy and uh I
  • 00:38:55
    don't know it's just such a great start
  • 00:38:57
    to the the day and it's something to
  • 00:38:58
    look forward to every day I look so
  • 00:39:01
    forward to my coffee I'm not kidding you
  • 00:39:03
    guys I promise you when I go to bed at
  • 00:39:06
    night I can't wait to wake up in the
  • 00:39:07
    morning so I can have my first cup of
  • 00:39:09
    coffee in the morning like that's how
  • 00:39:10
    much I enjoy it every sing We have a
  • 00:39:13
    Ninja coffee machine is what I use and
  • 00:39:15
    it takes the pods every night before I
  • 00:39:18
    go to bed the first thing I do before I
  • 00:39:20
    get in my bed is I go straight to my
  • 00:39:22
    coffee machine I put a new pod in it
  • 00:39:24
    make sure the water's full and I put a
  • 00:39:26
    brand new clean coffee coffee cup
  • 00:39:28
    underneath of there and all I have to do
  • 00:39:30
    when I wake up in the morning is push
  • 00:39:32
    down on that uh thing to activate the
  • 00:39:35
    Pod and I hit start and it's ready to go
  • 00:39:38
    and as soon as I wake up in the morning
  • 00:39:40
    I'm not kidding you guys before I go pee
  • 00:39:42
    or anything the first thing I do is I
  • 00:39:44
    walk straight to my coffee machine hit
  • 00:39:46
    the start button and then I go to the
  • 00:39:48
    bathroom wash my face brush my teeth and
  • 00:39:52
    by the time I'm done with that my coffee
  • 00:39:53
    is already made I take that throw that
  • 00:39:55
    in the microwave get it really hot and
  • 00:39:58
    then I start my first cup of the coffee
  • 00:39:59
    for the day and my mood from right that
  • 00:40:02
    moment improves I'm happy I've got my
  • 00:40:05
    coffee you know when I was in the
  • 00:40:06
    hospital all those times too it's like
  • 00:40:08
    that was all I looked forward to
  • 00:40:10
    especially when I had to have surgery
  • 00:40:12
    you know they won't let you eat or drink
  • 00:40:13
    anything for 12 hours and then after I'd
  • 00:40:15
    wake up that like was the first thing I
  • 00:40:17
    would ask for is a nice hot cup of
  • 00:40:20
    coffee and uh it just made everything
  • 00:40:22
    especially after having an endoscopy
  • 00:40:24
    done or an ercp you know cuz they're
  • 00:40:26
    going down your throat with that scope
  • 00:40:28
    and all that it can really irritate your
  • 00:40:30
    throat so for any of you guys out there
  • 00:40:32
    who are dealing with ercps or having to
  • 00:40:34
    have an endoscopy done when you wake up
  • 00:40:37
    from that ask for a nice hot cup of
  • 00:40:39
    coffee I promise you it really does help
  • 00:40:41
    to improve uh that soreness in your
  • 00:40:44
    throat when you wake up because you will
  • 00:40:46
    wake up with a sore throat especially
  • 00:40:48
    they've been in there for a long time
  • 00:40:49
    endoscopy can you know you can end up to
  • 00:40:52
    sore throat from that but if they're
  • 00:40:53
    doing an ercp there's times when they're
  • 00:40:55
    in there for an hour 2 3 hours sometimes
  • 00:40:57
    doing ercps and they're going in and out
  • 00:41:00
    of your throat and pulling out those
  • 00:41:02
    arms and all that kind of stuff it can
  • 00:41:04
    really really irritate your throat I've
  • 00:41:06
    had times where I've woken up and I
  • 00:41:07
    could barely even speak because my
  • 00:41:09
    throat hurts so bad from them being in
  • 00:41:11
    there for so long I've always ask for
  • 00:41:13
    hot coffee and it has helped me so much
  • 00:41:16
    when I wake up from that sore throat
  • 00:41:18
    after they've been in there so if you're
  • 00:41:20
    dealing with the ercp ask for a nice hot
  • 00:41:22
    cup of coffee uh I I really do think it
  • 00:41:25
    helps dramatically and then on top of it
  • 00:41:28
    it's helping us with our uh you know our
  • 00:41:30
    pancreas health and our Liver Health at
  • 00:41:32
    that too I mean it just said right there
  • 00:41:34
    that you know it helps with the beta
  • 00:41:36
    cells and our pancreas and helps you
  • 00:41:38
    know protect our pancreas so that we can
  • 00:41:40
    produce insulin and there's another
  • 00:41:41
    thing too you do not want to end up with
  • 00:41:43
    diabetes I think diabetes is one of the
  • 00:41:46
    worst things that you can end up with
  • 00:41:47
    it's just horrible you f you're
  • 00:41:50
    constantly fighting your blood sugar
  • 00:41:52
    it's too high it's too low and it makes
  • 00:41:54
    you feel horrible it I I'll do a video
  • 00:41:57
    on it one day and just talk about
  • 00:41:59
    diabetes but anyway guys we are at 42
  • 00:42:03
    minutes right now I have been just
  • 00:42:05
    talking and talking and talking I did
  • 00:42:07
    not realize I've gone this long so I'm
  • 00:42:09
    going to go ahead and get off here for
  • 00:42:11
    today but uh I hope you guys enjoyed
  • 00:42:13
    today's video and uh I definitely think
  • 00:42:16
    coffee once again is a great tool to add
  • 00:42:18
    to our Arsenal to help with our Liver
  • 00:42:20
    Health and it's natural um you know one
  • 00:42:23
    thing you do need to look for is uh
  • 00:42:25
    organic coffee
  • 00:42:27
    I know it's rather expensive but the one
  • 00:42:30
    thing about coffee is coffee is like one
  • 00:42:32
    of the worst uh sprayed uh you know
  • 00:42:36
    things that we consume uh they spray
  • 00:42:39
    coffee beans with all kinds of
  • 00:42:42
    pesticides and all kinds of chemicals
  • 00:42:45
    you really want to make sure that you're
  • 00:42:46
    doing your due diligence do your
  • 00:42:48
    research and make sure that you're
  • 00:42:49
    getting a good organic coffee that's not
  • 00:42:51
    full of pesticides and chemicals or GMO
  • 00:42:55
    or whatever because we really want to
  • 00:42:56
    make sure that we're not bringing a
  • 00:42:58
    bunch of that stuff into our body
  • 00:43:00
    because when we do it's getting P to our
  • 00:43:02
    liver and if we've got liver damaged
  • 00:43:04
    last thing we want to be doing is adding
  • 00:43:05
    extra stress to it uh by drinking
  • 00:43:08
    something that's just full of you know
  • 00:43:11
    pesticides those things are horrible for
  • 00:43:13
    our liver uh they're horrible for ours
  • 00:43:15
    in general so just like I said do your
  • 00:43:17
    due diligence I know it's more expensive
  • 00:43:20
    but at the end of the day it's your
  • 00:43:21
    health it's your
  • 00:43:24
    liver and if you're going to be drinking
  • 00:43:26
    a a half dmount amount of it you know
  • 00:43:28
    just look for those types of things and
  • 00:43:29
    if you're using like the little coffee
  • 00:43:31
    pods those things are super expensive
  • 00:43:33
    they sell if you go on Amazon uh they
  • 00:43:35
    sell these little cups that uh you can
  • 00:43:38
    fill up with your coffee grinds I know
  • 00:43:41
    that using the pods is easy and it makes
  • 00:43:43
    life a lot
  • 00:43:44
    easier but you can buy those those metal
  • 00:43:48
    pods that are refillable and you can
  • 00:43:50
    just close the lid and just pop it in
  • 00:43:52
    your machine and there you go uh and
  • 00:43:55
    they're super cheap they're like eight
  • 00:43:56
    bucks for like 10 of them and they last
  • 00:43:59
    forever I've got a whole slew of them in
  • 00:44:01
    the house they're made out of stainless
  • 00:44:03
    steel and uh you know you can go Ahad
  • 00:44:05
    and fill a couple of them up and put
  • 00:44:06
    them in a resalable bag and you're done
  • 00:44:09
    and you know like I said you know all
  • 00:44:11
    you got to do is toss it right in your
  • 00:44:12
    machine close it it works just like a
  • 00:44:14
    regular pod does and that way you can
  • 00:44:15
    buy a nice big bag of like a really good
  • 00:44:18
    clean organic coffee and then you can
  • 00:44:21
    you know make your own pods and uh use
  • 00:44:24
    those throughout the day because I I do
  • 00:44:25
    know they are super convenient to have
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    the pods I like using them myself but I
  • 00:44:31
    use the refillable ones because it just
  • 00:44:33
    makes more economic sense for me and you
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    can get way more variety of coffee not
  • 00:44:38
    all coffees are put in those pods and I
  • 00:44:41
    I I myself I think that the the coffee
  • 00:44:45
    in the pods does not taste as good as
  • 00:44:47
    the loose coffee especially if you grind
  • 00:44:49
    your own you can get yourself a coffee
  • 00:44:51
    grinder on Amazon for like
  • 00:44:53
    $19 uh one of the best investments I
  • 00:44:56
    ever made
  • 00:44:57
    grinding up your own coffee fresh beans
  • 00:45:00
    and then you know put putting those
  • 00:45:02
    fresh ground coffee grinds in the little
  • 00:45:04
    cup and then make your own Cofe it's
  • 00:45:06
    night and day it's just like you know
  • 00:45:08
    there's tons of methods of making coffee
  • 00:45:10
    the one thing I will say is that um you
  • 00:45:13
    know you want to be careful like using a
  • 00:45:15
    French press uh when you use a French
  • 00:45:17
    press there's a lot of stuff that like
  • 00:45:20
    some bad stuff I can't remember exactly
  • 00:45:22
    what it is but there's some stuff in the
  • 00:45:24
    coffee that when you run it through a
  • 00:45:25
    paper filter that gets uh that comes out
  • 00:45:28
    of the coffee I know that if you're
  • 00:45:30
    using a French press it can't those
  • 00:45:32
    those chemicals or whatever that are
  • 00:45:34
    left over can raise your cholesterol uh
  • 00:45:37
    so you probably want to stay away from
  • 00:45:39
    using a French press I used a French
  • 00:45:41
    press for years I enjoy the taste of
  • 00:45:43
    coffee that's been made in a French
  • 00:45:45
    press a little bit better um but once
  • 00:45:47
    again it will raise your cholesterol if
  • 00:45:49
    using a French press so you're better
  • 00:45:51
    off using something those little cups
  • 00:45:53
    they have a little paper filter in them
  • 00:45:56
    um or just use a coffee machine and you
  • 00:45:59
    know use a paper filter but just do your
  • 00:46:00
    research on it I'm I'm so out of time
  • 00:46:03
    right now I'm at like 50 minutes and I
  • 00:46:04
    need to stop talking about this there's
  • 00:46:06
    so many things I could talk about with
  • 00:46:08
    coffee but uh once again just just do
  • 00:46:10
    your homework and look at it but like I
  • 00:46:12
    said using a French press will raise
  • 00:46:13
    your uh cholesterol levels um I was
  • 00:46:16
    trying to talk my father into getting a
  • 00:46:18
    French press years ago cuz I got one and
  • 00:46:20
    enjoyed it so much and uh my dad has
  • 00:46:23
    cholesterol problems and um I did some
  • 00:46:26
    research on it before he went and bought
  • 00:46:29
    one for himself and I told him I said
  • 00:46:31
    you you don't need to do this cuz it it
  • 00:46:32
    will raise your cholesterol um my dad
  • 00:46:35
    has to get those shots like four times a
  • 00:46:37
    year or something they're very expensive
  • 00:46:40
    my dad's had some serious cholesterol
  • 00:46:42
    problems for a long time so he couldn't
  • 00:46:44
    use the French Press but once again I'm
  • 00:46:46
    at like 50 minutes right now so I got to
  • 00:46:49
    go um but I can talk more about this in
  • 00:46:51
    another video at some point I'll do I'll
  • 00:46:53
    do another video um a little bit later
  • 00:46:56
    down the road with a little bit more
  • 00:46:57
    detail because once again there is so
  • 00:46:59
    much to talk about coffee um there is so
  • 00:47:02
    much more I just really wanted to touch
  • 00:47:04
    on you know some of the main highlights
  • 00:47:07
    but I can make another video and dig
  • 00:47:08
    deeper into some more stuff that I found
  • 00:47:11
    but once again I ran out of time um once
  • 00:47:14
    again I hope you guys enjoyed today's
  • 00:47:15
    video thank you so much for watching and
  • 00:47:18
    uh I will see each and every single one
  • 00:47:20
    of you tomorrow um love you guys so much
  • 00:47:22
    and until then I'll see y'all tomorrow
  • 00:47:25
    byebye
  • 00:47:27
    n
  • 00:47:29
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