1) Coffee can improve your memory

Drinking two eight-ounce coffee cups a day has been proven to improve long-term memory.

2) Coffee contains powerful antioxidants which means it can legitimately make you feel happier

You’re not just imagining it.

5) Even if you don’t exercise, coffee would help your metabolism

…In fact, it’s so great that it’s been proven to boost metabolism from 10% to 20% for those drinking one to two cups per day. Even without exercise.

6) Minerals and other chemical compounds in coffee help reduce body inflammation and so protect your heart

The caffeine in coffee has nothing to do with this process. Unsurprisingly.

7) Coffee literally reduces pain

A study from the University of Illinois showed that drinking two to three cups of coffee could decreased perceived levels of pain in their subjects. The study focused on post-workout pain, and are backed up by a similar study from the University of Georgia.

So, if you fall off your mountain bike or ski into a tree, it’ll be marginally less painful if you’re high on coffee.

8) Coffee also makes your brain work better

As well as keeping you awake, coffee blocks the inhibitory neurotransmitter Adenosine, allowing an increase of other neurotrasmitters like norepinephrine, which means certain areas of your brain – reaction times, vigilance and general cognitive function – are all improved.

So maybe it’ll even help you stay on your mountain bike or avoid that tree on your skis all together!

12) COFFEE CAN HELP YOU LIVE LONGER

The National Cancer Institute determined that people who drink three or more cups of coffee per day are at a 10% lower chance of dying.

14) You get to take photos like this on your adventures

Everyone loves a coffee shot.

15) It makes the world a bit of a better place

Coffee promotes sustainability, and recent years have seen the increasing popularity of fair trade coffee, protecting small coffee farmers around the world.

16) You clearly like coffee so just keep at it

You wouldn’t have made it this far down the page otherwise.

17) Coffee can improve your memory

Oh we’ve already said that one? Sorry. We need more coffee.

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