Chemical composition

Most of the people that it drinks coffee daily ignores which are the substances that are present in the coffee and he/she thinks that the coffee just contains or mainly caffeine. Great mistake. The coffee only possesses 1 to 2,5% of caffeine and other several substances in larger amount. And these other substances even can be more important than the caffeine for the human organism. The coffee bean (green coffee) it possesses besides a great variety of minerals as potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), sodium (In the), I iron (Faith), manganese (Mn), rubídio (Rb), zinc (Zn), it Collects (Ass), strontium (Sr), I chrome (Cr), vanádio (V), barium (Nanny), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), I lead (Pb), molibdênio (Millstone), titanium (You) and cadmium (Cd); amino acids as alanina, arginina, asparagina, cisteína, acid glutâmico, glicina, histidina, isoleucina, lisina, metionina, fenilalanina, prolina, serina, treonina, tirosina, valina; lipídeos as triglicerídeos and acids free graxos, sugars as sucrose, glucose, fructose, arabinose, galactose, maltose and polissacarídeos. Additionally the coffee also possesses a vitamin of the compound B, the niacina (vitamin B3, PP or "Pelagra Preventing" of English) and, in larger amount that all the other components, the acids clorogênicos, in the proportion from 7 to 10%, that is, 3 to 5 times more than the caffeine. But just the caffeine is termoestável, that is, it is not destroyed with the excessive coffee-roasting house. The other substances, as amino acids, sugars, lipídeos, niacina and the acids clorogênicos, are preserved, formed or even destroyed during the process of it toasts.

The caffeine acts antagonizing the effects of the adenosina, a chemical substance of the brain (neurotransmissor) that causes the sleep, and of the microcirculação, where it improves the sanguine flow. The acids clorogênicos (7 -10%) they are polifenóis with antioxidant action that in the process of it toasts form quinídeos, which possess a potent effect antagonistic opióide. That is, they block in the limbic system the excessive desire of solemnity-bonus that takes the unsatisfied individual the if it depresses and to consume drugs as nicotine, alcohol and even the illegals. Additionally the quinídeos inhibit the recaptação of the adenosina (which acts for more time), acting like this in way

protecting against the effects of the caffeine in the nervous cells and improving the microcirculação. Therefore, the regular consumption of a plant as the coffee, in the dose of 4 daily cups, it can help to prevent the depression and their consequences, as the consumption of drugs, as data of several modern scientific studies done in Brazil and in the exterior. These unpublished results characterize because the humanity chose this plant as morning drink for consumption soon when waking up and to maintain you/he/she wakes up, you/he/she activates and of good mood during the day: the caffeine stimulates the vigil; the attention; the concentration; the intellectual capacity and the acids clorogênicos modulate the humor state, impeding the depression that takes to the consumption of legal drugs, as the alcohol or illegal, as cocaine, marijuana and other. Therefore, the daily consumption of coffee, with or without milk, in moderate doses of up to four daily cups it is recommended for youths and adults of everyone. The drink, an aqueous solution, doesn't contain fats and proteins, being deprived of caloric value (to See Pictures 1, 2 and 3).

Picture 1 - chemical Composition of the green coffee

Picture 2 - present Substances in the coffee bean (as it toasts) and in the drink*

 

 Present substances in the coffee bean 

Picture 3 - Coffee is rich in minerals

Drunk isotonic healthy almost same Reidratação Oral's home-made solution (SRO), obtained with a pinch of sugar and another of salt in a glass of water, added of potassium.