COFFEE BENEFITS WITH DRAWBACKS

Сoffee is the most commonly consumed beverage, therefore to prevent unwanted consequences of its use, it is advisable to expand knowledge about coffee ingredients impact on the body, to know not only its positive effects on the body, but also negative ones. The well-known beneficial properties of coffee, such as its antioxidant content and potential cognitive and metabolic benefits, must be weighed against its numerous drawbacks, including potential overconsumption, adverse cardiovascular effects, and disruptions to sleep patterns. In recent years, it has become clear that caffeine-containing beverages can cause reflux, aggravate the situation and even provoke tumors in the gastrointestinal tract, stimulate hypertension, arrhythmia, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, cirrhosis, liver cancer, obesity, and cause addiction with withdrawal syndrome. Recent publications have shown a decrease in the psychological reactivity and cognitive abilities, as well as tolerance to sleep deprivation in coffee lovers. This should be a signal for physicians to take into account the patients addiction to caffeinated drinks during the survey/anamnesis collection in order to determine whether they were the cause of the onset and/or complication of the patient condition.