{"id":189,"date":"2008-04-17T20:39:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T20:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marialiberati.com\/blog2\/?p=189"},"modified":"2008-04-17T20:39:49","modified_gmt":"2008-04-17T20:39:49","slug":"coffee-a-healthy-elixir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2008\/04\/17\/coffee-a-healthy-elixir\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee -a healthy elixir!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0Coffee has\u00a0a high level of antioxidants thanks to its&#8217; high levels of a special\u00a0acid, which gives a protective action against \u00a0type 2 diabetes and Parkinson&#8217;s disease. It has been shown to slow down the natural decline of the cerebral function in the elderly according to the latest studies NFI (Nutritional Foundation of Italy). It is also a powerful antioxidant to counteract the free radicals in the human body.<br \/>\nCoffee is the most consumed beverage around the world, with a variable of consumption from country to country but has been shown to have about 24 pounds per person per year in Finland, to 4 lbs per yr. per person in the UK to 12 lbs per year per person in Italy (figures from the International Coffee Organization).<br \/>\nIt is a great daily habit to have -of course everything in moderation. Even decaffeinated coffee was shown to have some antioxidant properties.<br \/>\nBut to keep that cup of cappuccino healthy use only skim milk or low fat milk if possible and only a small amount of sugar or sweetener.<br \/>\nHere is one of my favorite coffee recipes:<br \/>\n<strong>Coffee Frullato<\/strong><br \/>\n2 cups of espresso coffee<br \/>\n4 tblsps sugar or sugar substitute<br \/>\n1\/2 cup skimmed milk<br \/>\n\u00bd cup low fat or no-fat vanilla ice cream<br \/>\n2 cups chopped ice<br \/>\n1 tblsp amaretto flavored or almond flavored syrup<br \/>\nPlace all ingredients in a blender. Serve in 4 chilled glasses.<br \/>\nDo you have any favorite coffee recipes to share with our readers? \u00a0Send in your favorite coffee recipes with your name so that we can post here to share with our readers. Or you can email them to our editor at: <a href=\"mailto:editor@marialiberati.com\">editor@marialiberati.com<\/a><br \/>\nCiao for now!<br \/>\nMaria<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/\">https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mariaandco.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/mariaandco.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0Coffee has\u00a0a high level of antioxidants thanks to its&#8217; high levels of a special\u00a0acid, which gives a protective action against \u00a0type 2 diabetes and Parkinson&#8217;s disease. It has been shown&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[162,107,163,164,102,165,166,167],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-capuccino","tag-coffee","tag-coffee-beans","tag-espresso","tag-italy","tag-latte","tag-myths","tag-sugar"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}