The drink consumed by billions of people all over the world, in the most disparate formulations and methods, which wakes us up in the morning and comforts us with its reassuring scent, which tastes of home, which accompanies us during the day or, at times, concludes the our day in the company of friends, is the coffee.
The history of coffee is ancient and its historically indeterminate origins lead to Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, where the coffea, a genus of plant belonging to the Rubiaceae family, grew luxuriant and wild between 1000 and 1300 meters above sea level. .
Coffee is defined as a nervine drink, precisely because it is characterized by a specific stimulating activity on the central nervous system, generated by the presence of natural alkaloids, including caffeine. But does coffee only contain caffeine? Is there a defined quantitative limit beyond which the intake of coffee can be harmful? And why can coffee be bad? And above all to whom? Who are the most at risk? What are its beneficial properties and how do they manifest themselves?
In the next episode of ” “entirely made at the company’s premises “Quarta Caffè SpA“Of Lecce, the immunologist Mauro Minelliresponsible for Southern Italy of the Foundation for Personalized Medicine and scientific coordinator of the column, will talk about, together with the nutritionists Dominga Maio And Ilaria Vergallothe history of coffee describing its benefits and risks, entering into the merits of some curiosities relating to the different types of blend and providing some information and suggestions to be able to consume it correctly and consciously.
The appointment with “The Taste of Health” is for , Of Friday 4th March.
The event is shared by the channels of the ADNKronos group and takes place under the scientific aegis of the Foundation for Personalized Medicine.
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