[Introduction] Instant coffee and milk tea, which are very popular among young men and women now, are actually not good things. Drinking too much can even lead to infertility.
Milk tea contains a large amount of non-dairy creamer, which is a type of trans fatty acid. It can reduce male hormone secretion and inhibit sperm motility; it can also affect egg cell quality, increasing the risk of infertility and fetal malformations. Trans fatty acids affect hormone synthesis, which may lead to irregular menstruation, sexual dysfunction, and other issues. The content of trans fatty acids in natural foods is almost zero, making it difficult for the human body to accept and digest, and it can easily lead to multiple physiological dysfunctions. It is a food additive completely created by humans, and in fact, it is also a "killer" of human health.
In the past, many studies have found that moderate coffee consumption may have protective effects on the brain and heart. However, in reality, coffee is one of the risk factors for metabolic syndrome. If metabolic syndrome is not well-controlled, patients are more prone to cardiovascular diseases. Metabolic syndrome refers to a group of metabolic-related symptoms appearing in the same person, such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, and high blood lipids.
Therefore, milk tea and coffee have certain health hazards to human reproduction, heart, bones, and more:
1. Easy to gain weight
Trans fatty acids are not easily digested by the human body and tend to accumulate in the abdomen, leading to obesity.
Drinking too much milk tea has many negative effects on the human body. Milk tea is high in sugar, oil, and calories. The non-dairy creamer added to milk tea is often made from coconut oil, which contains a large amount of saturated fatty acids. This can accelerate the body's production of cholesterol, and blood lipids will also rise rapidly, leading to vascular hardening. Long-term, large consumption can easily lead to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Statistics have shown that drinking large amounts of milk tea for over three months can increase blood lipids and cholesterol. Milk tea is just a combination of oil and sugar. Because non-dairy creamer is not made from milk, and milk tea contains a large amount of sugar, it is almost calcium-free and very harmful to the body. It is best not to drink milk tea every day; one or two cups a week at most to satisfy a craving is sufficient.
2. Aggravate high blood pressure
Caffeine, due to its own pain-relieving effect, is often combined with other simple analgesics to form compound preparations. However, long-term, large-dose use can make your condition worse if you already have high blood pressure. Because caffeine alone can raise blood pressure, and when combined with emotional stress, it can produce a dangerous multiplicative effect. Therefore, people at high risk for hypertension should especially avoid drinking caffeinated beverages during times of high work stress. Some people who have been drinking coffee for many years think they are immune to the effects of caffeine, but this is not the case. A study showed that after drinking one cup of coffee, blood pressure can remain elevated for up to 12 hours.
The trans fatty acids in milk tea increase the viscosity and cohesiveness of human blood, which can easily lead to thrombosis. This is especially harmful for the elderly with fragile blood vessel walls.
3. Induce osteoporosis
Caffeine itself has a very good diuretic effect. If you drink coffee for a long time and in large quantities, it can easily lead to bone loss and have an adverse effect on bone mass preservation. For women, it may increase the risk of osteoporosis. However, this is only true if your daily diet is already lacking in sufficient calcium intake, or if you are not very active, plus postmenopausal women who lose calcium due to a lack of estrogen. Only when these conditions are combined with large amounts of caffeine can it pose a threat to the bones. If you can enjoy it in reasonable amounts, you can still avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
4. Add to stress
Caffeine helps to enhance alertness, agility, memory, and concentration. However, drinking more than your usual habit can produce effects similar to taking the same dose of a stimulant, causing nervousness. For people prone to anxiety disorders, caffeine can worsen symptoms like sweaty palms, palpitations, and tinnitus.
5. Prone to infertility
Researchers have found that women who drink one cup of coffee a day are more prone to infertility than women who do not drink coffee. Experts once investigated 104 women with a coffee-drinking habit, and about 50 of them had difficulty conceiving. Some fertility experts believe that this is a small-scale study and cannot finally confirm the specific effect of coffee on fertility. However, researchers emphasize that if the cause of infertility cannot be explained medically, then it should be considered related to caffeine.
The trans fatty acids in milk tea reduce the secretion of male hormones, negatively affect the activity of sperm, and interrupt the body's response process for sperm.
6. Harmful to the fetus
Pregnant or breastfeeding women who consume too much food containing trans fatty acids can affect the health of the fetus. Studies have found that fetuses or infants can passively ingest trans fatty acids through the placenta or breast milk. They are more susceptible to essential fatty acid deficiency than adults, which affects their growth and development.
7. Increase the risk of heart attack
Medical researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health conducted a 4-year study on 858 women who had their first heart attack between the ages of 45 and 69, and 858 women who had never had a heart attack. The results showed that drinking 5 or more cups of coffee a day can increase a woman's risk of heart attack by 70%, and the risk increases with the amount of coffee consumed.
According to the latest research results from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, trans fatty acids can reduce the level of cholesterol that effectively prevents heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases.
8. Easy to cause diabetes
Researchers in Finland and the United States found through investigation and analysis that these two countries are the largest consumers of coffee, and as a result, they also have the highest number of diabetes patients. Finland's coffee consumption is the highest in the world, and the country also has the most diabetes patients in the world. Other Nordic countries also have high coffee consumption and a high number of diabetes patients. In contrast, Japan has the lowest coffee consumption in the world and the fewest diabetes patients.
Researchers believe that caffeine in coffee beverages can pass through the pancreas and deposit in fetal tissues, especially the liver and brain of the fetus, which may cause the baby to develop diabetes after birth.
It can be seen that excessive coffee consumption leads to a series of problems, especially for women. Therefore, for the sake of our health, we should reduce our coffee consumption.