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"Two cups of coffee is all it takes to overcome fatigue"

Millions of people around the world love nothing more than to start their day with a steaming cup of coffee. The smell, the taste, the caffeine lift and the shared experience of coffee have become a staple of our modern life and culture. In addition, there is significant authoritative information available that drinking coffee has many benefits for our health and well being.

To find out more about the many beneficial effects of drinking coffee on our health and well being, select one of the topics below

Coffee & Mental Performance

Coffee in the Workplace

Coffee and Antioxidants

Coffee and Liver Function

Coffee and Exercise Performance

Coffee and Parkinson's Disease

Coffee and Diabetes

Coffee and Health - Some Surprising Findings

Coffee and Safer Driving

Coffee and Social Pleasure

Coffee and Cancer

Coffee and Hydration

This Positively Coffee website is part of the Positive Communication programme of the International Coffee Organization (ICO). Our aim at the ICO is to share that accurate, balanced and consistent information with all of you who have an interest in learning more about the beneficial aspects of drinking coffee.

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Coffee and mental performance

INTERVIEW WITH DR ASTRID NEHLIG

How does coffee affect mental performance ?
Can coffee help boost my memory ?
At what time of day does coffee drinking have its greatest effect ?

Dr Astrid Nehlig is a research director at the French Medical Research Institute, INSERM in Strasbourg. She has authored or co-authored over 250 articles, books and book chapters and is a regular speaker at international meetings and research centres.

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So how much do you know about coffee? Test yourself with the following five questions*Q1. How many coffee beans does it take to make a pound of coffee? (a) 500 (b) 2,000 (c) 3,200 (d) 4,000 * Answer: It takes 2,000 coffee cherries i.e. 4,000 beans* Q2. What is the best way to keep coffee beans fresh? (a) in a fridge (b) in a dark cupboard (c) in a freezer *Answer: Freeze your coffee beans to keep them fresh and grind them only as needed * Q3. Where was coffee first cultivated? (a) Brazil (b) Yemen (c) India (d) Indonesia * Answer: Earliest records show it to be the Yemen* Q4. Today's largest coffee producer is? (a) Colombia (b) Vietnam (c) the Philippines (d) Brazil* Answer: Brazil supplies some 34% of the world's coffee* Q5. For which of these does coffee offer potential health benefits? (a) Liver cirrhosis (b) Parkinson's disease (c) Exercise (d) Antioxidants* Answer: All of them. For more information click on "topics" below for the latest scientific findings