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Should coffee be considered as a healthy fOod??

I)             INTRODUCTION

Coffee comes from coffee plant which is produced coffee beans or seeds. Coffee bean also known or call as coffee barriers. Actually, coffee beans has been roasted as a first process on produced coffee as food or else. Historians trace coffee origin to Ethiopia that is grows wild in the rain forest in Ethiopia. According to them, a legend says that more than a thousand years ago, warriors going off to battle would wrap the coffee beans in animal fat and take them along to help fight fatigue. Some of the last century, Ethiopians who conquered and ruled Yemen introduced the bean to the Arab world. After that, there are seeds of coffee barriers that grow on trees in over 70 countries, cultivated primarily in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. In medicinal qualities were priced when the doctors prescribed it as an aid to feeling good. They considered coffee to be healthy. In history on Wikipedia, the uses of coffee also famous among the intelligent people such as scholars and artists could work all night while chewing on the berries. It was around the sixteenth century that the principle of roasting beans and adding them to boiling water to make a beverage was established in Arabia. The preparation of coffee soon became a secular ceremony. The coffeehouse was established in Mecca for those who liked to sip, talk and listen to music. Wine was forbidden to Muslim's so coffee became central to a man's day. Coffee often use as a drinking in breakfast. Besides water and tea nowadays, coffee is one of the most popular drinking in the world. Based on facts, coffee just not a valuable plant for the economies as a side income for the country but also it can works as healthy food in our life. As coffee contains the stimulant caffeine, it is necessary that we know the disadvantages as well as the positive effects of consuming coffee. According to the USDA nutrient database, 8 cups of coffee that is brewed from grounds has just 2 amounts of calories. The calories come from a tiny amount of protein and some unsaturated oils. Sometimes a really bad coffee can be due to the oils in it becoming rancid or bad smelly which means this often occurs from dark roasted beans which cause a subsequent release of oils if the beans are stored for a long time. Here we can conclude coffee beans mix by water is virtually calorie free. Coffee should be considered as a healthy food because coffee can save life and reduce death, decrease potential of getting the serious diseases, and can fixed our physically and mentality.