Whilst cautioning that sleep is the best solution for a lack of sleep, Michelle Roberts reports in "Lorry drivers who drink coffee 'cut their crash risk' " that drinking coffee correlates with a significant reduction in the risk of a traffic accident amongst truck drivers according to research by an Australian group.
The findings of this research did not surprise me. I suspect that most people already know that coffee contains stimulants amongst its heady mix of tasty and refreshing drugs, and it makes sense that more alert brains will have less accidents than those half asleep. Still, the research could have discovered the opposite. The only way to know with any confidence is to actually do the necessary research. There is no lack of commonly held beliefs that are false, and good academics are in the habit of questioning everything. If you haven't checked it, how can you have a good reason to belief or think anything? You can't!
Now, if only someone would do some research which proved my strong suspicion that the cream I enjoy in my coffee is also very good for me for some reason, in addition to being very good in coffee, and a lot of other things.
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People have known for decades that coffee can help to keep you awake and that the active ingredient is caffeine. However, different methods of coffee preparation produce different levels of caffeine. Most people think espresso coffee is high in caffeine because of the strong taste but it contains less than other methods as the water is only in contact with the ground coffee beans for a short time. Caffeine is only a temporary solution for tiredness and is not a substitute for sleep. When drivers are tired they should stop and rest instead of drinking coffee - especially long-distance bus drivers in Thailand.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that, but it makes sense when you explain it. So, if I switch to espresso, I can drink more than I do now?
DeleteBut what about the cream?
I think that the cream which we put into black coffee in every cup of coffee makes the strong taste of black coffee to be soft and easily to drink, but I had heard that the coffee mate cream has been cause of overweight, so I avoids to put some coffee mate cream in my coffee cup and I usually use milk to make my coffee instead of it for having soft taste of coffee.
DeleteCaffeine may has more powerful effect than you think. I've read an article saying that you don't need to drink coffee in order to keep awaking, you just need to smell it, that's enough to keep you awake.
ReplyDeleteFor a driver who feels sleepy, drinking a stimulative is proven less effective than taking a short nap with drinking coffee.
The well known effect of drinking coffee is that it makes drinker wake up for a while, but it does not help our brains get rest.
ReplyDeleteIn many cups of coffee, Although coffee contains many kinds of substance such as Caffeine, people usually put some sugar in their to make soft taste of coffee and our brains need sugar to make they effectively to do their function.Therefore, The awareness of drivers who drink coffee might come from consuming some sugar.
I also find the benefit of drinking coffee that the more women drink coffee, the less depression they will suffer. According to Coffee May Prevent Depression, Scientists Say,the Harvard Medical School team reveal the results of their survey of 50,000 US female nurses that the women who drink 4 or more cups of coffee a day will decrease the risk of developing depression by 20%, compared with those who are less frequent coffee consumers.
ReplyDeleteRoberts, M. (2011, September 28). Coffee may prevent depression, scientists say. BBC News Health. Retrieved March 22, 2013 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15059266
For the cream thing, I found an interesting blog posted by woman with health concern from the U.S. She deaggregates each ingredient in the coffee creamer and researches what it is in her post "Coffee creamer: What's really in it?", Thornberry finally concludes that she'd better avoid adding creamer in her coffee. According to her post, these are ingredients contained in the creamers as follows;
ReplyDelete1. Corn syrup solids- Consist of mainly glucose which is a kind of sugar
2. Vegetable oil (partially hydrogenated coconut or palm kernel, hydrogenated soybean): Be derived from plants and can be transform to trans fat
3.Sodium Caseinate (a milk derivative)- Milk protein
4. Dipotassium phosphate (moderates coffee acidity): A highly water-soluble salt which is often used as a fertilizer, food additive and buffering agent
5. Mono- and diglycerides (prevents oil separation)Sodium aluminosilicate- Glyceride consisting of fatty acid chain(s)
6. Artificial flavor- Created favor
7. Annatto color- Be produced from the reddish pulp
Thornberry, J.(2008. June 20).Coffee creamer: What's really in it?. Healthy Life Blog.Retrieved March 22, 2013 from http://www.jenniferthornberry.com/2008/06/coffee-creamer-whats-really-in-it.html
To correct a possible misunderstanding: when I say cream, I mean "the deliciously rich, smooth, white stuff that floats to the top of cow's milk"; I do not mean the awful, powdered muck that is sometimes used to ruin the taste of good coffee - which I think is often called creamer.
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