Have you ever wondered if there are more natural ways to lower your high blood pressure,

guard against Alzheimer's, loose weight, feel better?

Well, it turns out there is.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today, we look at some new research on one of our favorite beverages, and we start with

how to choose the healthiest coffee.

Coffee may have beneficial effects on inflammation, lung function, insulin sensitivity,

and depression.

This may be in part because of a class of polyphenol-final phytonutrients found in coffee

beans called chlorogenic acids, proven to have favorable

effects with studies where they just give it alone in pill form and can show beneficial

effects, such as acute blood pressure-lowering activity, dropping the top and bottom blood pressure

numbers within hours of consumption.

Okay, so which coffee has the most?

We know how to choose the reddest tomato, the deepest orange sweet potato,

since many of the plant pigments are the antioxidants themselves.

How do you choose the healthiest coffee?

More than 100 coffees were tested, and different coffees had different caffeine levels,

but the chlorogenic acid levels varied by more than 30-fold.

As a consequence, coffee selection may have a large influence of the potential health

potential of coffee intake.

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