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09/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Spent coffee grounds can be used as an organic amendment to enhance soil fertility

Spanish researchers tested the efficacy of spent coffee grounds as a natural means of amending the fertility of the soil. They reported that recycling the used coffee grounds was able to greatly increase the nutrients and respiration in the soil. This study was supported by the Universidad de Granada. Its findings were published in the journal Archives of Agronomy […]

03/07/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Can caffeine protect you from Parkinson’s?

Caffeine levels in the blood could serve as an indicator of Parkinson’s disease, in particular in its early stages, as a study found that caffeine levels were significantly lower in individuals with neurodegenerative disorder. The study was conducted by a team of researchers from Juntendo University in Japan who aimed to develop clinical methods for early detection […]

02/08/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Research finds the performance enhancing benefits of caffeine are more profound in those who don’t drink coffee, tea or energy drinks on a daily basis

A study published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism revealed that the performance-enhancing effects of caffeine were more pronounced in people who did not drink caffeine-rich beverages — such as coffee, tea, and energy drinks — on a daily basis compared with habitual drinkers. A team of researchers at the Dublin […]

09/10/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes with your daily cup of coffee

Your morning cup of coffee could be doing more than just waking you up. A team of Danish scientists have put out a study claiming that four cups of coffee a day can cut down your risk of type-2 diabetes by as much as 25 percent. Although this benefit is only applicable to unfiltered coffee […]

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