It is no secret that most of us cannot do without our hot cup of coffee every morning, right? It is our energy booster for the day and refreshes us after a good night’s sleep!
Not that coffee is unhealthy (well, it is, if you do not consume it moderately!), but there are ways you can make coffee healthier.
By making additions into your coffee and following some simple steps when consuming coffee, you can actually make coffee “healthier”!
Check out some of the simple ways you can use to make your coffee healthier.
10 Ways to Make Coffee Healthier
1. Avoid artificial sweeteners and refined sugar
Artificial sweeteners and refined sugar are unhealthy additions to your coffee. They can lead to diabetes and obesity.
Therefore, switch to adding natural sweeteners like jaggery powder, stevia, date or maple syrup to sweeten your coffee.
2. Use organic coffee beans
Coffee beans are often sprayed with pesticides. Therefore, consider buying coffee beans that are organically grown. This can allow contamination-free coffee consumption free from pesticides and any other harmful chemicals.
3. Avoid artificial creamers
Artificial creamers are highly processed and may contain ingredients that aren’t healthy. Therefore, instead of artificial creamers, add in full-fat cream for the flavour (while it also has benefits for health, being a rich source of calcium).
4. Add cinnamon into your coffee
Cinnamon is one of the best spices to add to your coffee. Add in a dash of cinnamon into your coffee before you drink it.
It has multiple benefits for health. It can help lower blood sugar levels, boost immunity, protect heart health and also keep cholesterol levels in check.
5. Eat before you drink coffee
Eating before you drink coffee can help your stomach slow down the absorption of the caffeine into your bloodstream (especially for those who get gastrointestinal sensations after drinking coffee on an empty stomach in the mornings).
6. Add collagen into your coffee
Adding a scoop of collagen into your coffee can help boost health benefits. It can help improve the elasticity of the skin, relieve joint pains, can improve gut health, support muscle growth and it’s a great way to get your daily dose of collagen (instead of having it separately).
You can use an unflavoured collage powder, so it will not alter the taste of your coffee in any way.
7. Add grass-fed butter into your coffee
Grass-fed butter (that which comes from cows’ milk of cows that feed only on grass or grains) contains rich amounts of antioxidants and also contains omega-3 fatty acids. It also contains beta-carotene and vitamin A, that’s beneficial to health.
8. Add coconut oil into your coffee
Adding a teaspoon of coconut oil into your coffee can help increase weight loss and can promote the burning of calories. Coconut oil contains something called medium-chain triglycerides, which can keep you satiated and reduce hunger pangs, thus letting you consume lesser food.
9. Add cacao powder into your coffee
Cacao powder is rich in antioxidants and can benefit one’s health in many ways. You can add in a sprinkle of cacao powder into your coffee, for its benefits of course also for some enhanced flavour. The flavour you can get is that of mocha.
10. Use a paper filter while brewing your coffee
Coffee that is brewed contains cafestol, a substance that can increase the levels of cholesterol in the blood.
Thus, make sure to always use a paper filter while brewing your coffee. It can help lower the content of cafestol in the coffee, while the caffeine and antioxidants will still remain.