Many people enjoy making a cup of coffee first thing in the morning, but could it be setting you up for health issues?
Coffee has been linked to increased cognition, focus, energy, and lowered risk of diabetes - but also heartburn, GERD, ulcers and other digestive conditions.
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara explains the benefits of moderation.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News TALKS'DB, and we are talking about wellness.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
We're going to stick with a bit of well this.
Aeron O'Hara is with us. Now. Good morning, Good morning.
This is an interesting one. Coffee. Coffee is a little
bit like dark chocolate and red wine and things. We
only really like hearing about it when it tells, you know,
when the research tells us that it's fine to have
occasionally or in moderation, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Yeah, I think that a lot of people who come
to me and the clinic, the first thing is they
said to me when we get to the nutrition part,
don't take away and take my coffee. I just need
the one coffee. You can't take it away from me.
I can't function. And it's interesting that coffee has such
a different effect on different people, and it's not the same,
and it depends on whether they've had food or whether
(00:52):
they're on an empty tummy. Is it has a different
effect in the body. And the biggest thing that most
people notice that's a negative side effect of having coffee
is that it concur calls girt or heartburn, or rapid
bowel movements, which is another reason why some people do
drink coffee because they want to get a bowel movement.
But it has that stimulating effect on the gas er
(01:13):
intestinal tract, and so if we haven't had any food,
it's going to have more of an effect on the
digestive system in particular, And it's one reason why some
people like to drink their morning coffee, okay, and also
another reason why some people avoid having coffee because they
get that burning feeling as it affects the reflux response
(01:34):
of the stomach.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
So is it better for us to have coffee on
a full something not on a full stomach? To have
something in the stomach when you have coffee.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
I would usually recommend that it is because it's going
to just help create that lighting and if you know
you are sensitive to it, then also having a little
bit of milk and it actually helps to soften that
as well, so it won't be as acidic and as stimulating.
And there was another interesting piece of research that I
found that actually trying different roasts of coffee, the darker
(02:04):
the roast, then the less it will stimulate the stomach
acid suscretion, which I was like HM, didn't know that,
but it's interesting that that. And also drinking cold coffee
will have a less of an acidic effect on the
stomach as well compared to hot coffee. So different depends
how you have it and what effect don't have on
the body.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
What is good good?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
So that's gastro reflex.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Oh okay, thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
So it's going to cause that reflex sort of heartburn
response when we have the coffee. And it's one reason
why a lot of people will avoid coffee is that
they get that instant reflex and then they're having to
take you know, gaviscon or something like that to settle
it back down. It's just not worth having the coffee
at all. However, the other reason why people would avoid
coffee is the coffee jets. You know, having a cup
(02:52):
of coffee and then next thing you feel wired and racy.
And it's not a good idea to drink coffee if
you do have that effect on your body as it
overstimulates that cortisol stress response, putting you into that fight
or flight And that's where the response is very different,
and a lot of that is actually genetic. So it's
genetic as well as related to the nervous system. So
(03:13):
some people will metabolize or break down coffee really rapidly,
and other people are slow metabolizers, so it has a
slower effect to get out of the body.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Okay, so that's why I stop drinking. I must have
stopped drinking. I loved coffee, it was I love my
morning ritual of having a coffee, but I must have
stopped over a decade ago because I just gave my
hands shook yep. I looked like I'd been drinking non
stop for days. So that's why I gave it up.
I was just yeah, that sort of jettery feeling and
the shakes and thing.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Yeah, And it doesn't have that effect on everyone, Like
if I have coffee, it doesn't have that effect for me.
So it just knows how how differently our bodies metabolize
the coffee. And that's where there are some benefits having
coffee as well, which I know people who love drinking
coffee will love this part, but actually, you know, there's
research showing that it lowers the rescue of type two diabetes,
heart disease, also Parkinson's disease, and depression because it all
(04:08):
of hates your moot. So there's those positive effects as
well of having a cup of coffee as well as
the antioxidants that are in your coffee, which is the polyphemales,
and that has a really positive effect on the body
for breaking down free radicals. So it does have that
positive effect. However, if the negative sort of outweighs the positive,
(04:29):
I think that's where you decide whether coffee is right
for you or not. What effect does it have on
your body is if it's a positive or negative effect
in deciding whether it's a good idea to drink it
or not. The other thing that I notice is you
know how much you're having is not overdoing it, keeping
it to the morning and maximum the research shows is
two to three cups a day.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Thank you so much, erin appreciate that. That update.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News TALKS'DB, and we are talking about wellness.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
We're going to stick with a bit of well this.
Aeron O'Hara is with us. Now. Good morning, Good morning.
This is an interesting one. Coffee. Coffee is a little
bit like dark chocolate and red wine and things. We
only really like hearing about it when it tells, you know,
when the research tells us that it's fine to have
occasionally or in moderation, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Yeah, I think that a lot of people who come
to me and the clinic, the first thing is they
said to me when we get to the nutrition part,
don't take away and take my coffee. I just need
the one coffee. You can't take it away from me.
I can't function. And it's interesting that coffee has such
a different effect on different people, and it's not the same,
and it depends on whether they've had food or whether
(00:52):
they're on an empty tummy. Is it has a different
effect in the body. And the biggest thing that most
people notice that's a negative side effect of having coffee
is that it concur calls girt or heartburn, or rapid
bowel movements, which is another reason why some people do
drink coffee because they want to get a bowel movement.
But it has that stimulating effect on the gas er
(01:13):
intestinal tract, and so if we haven't had any food,
it's going to have more of an effect on the
digestive system in particular, And it's one reason why some
people like to drink their morning coffee, okay, and also
another reason why some people avoid having coffee because they
get that burning feeling as it affects the reflux response
(01:34):
of the stomach.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
So is it better for us to have coffee on
a full something not on a full stomach? To have
something in the stomach when you have coffee.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
I would usually recommend that it is because it's going
to just help create that lighting and if you know
you are sensitive to it, then also having a little
bit of milk and it actually helps to soften that
as well, so it won't be as acidic and as stimulating.
And there was another interesting piece of research that I
found that actually trying different roasts of coffee, the darker
(02:04):
the roast, then the less it will stimulate the stomach
acid suscretion, which I was like HM, didn't know that,
but it's interesting that that. And also drinking cold coffee
will have a less of an acidic effect on the
stomach as well compared to hot coffee. So different depends
how you have it and what effect don't have on
the body.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
What is good good?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
So that's gastro reflex.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Oh okay, thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
So it's going to cause that reflex sort of heartburn
response when we have the coffee. And it's one reason
why a lot of people will avoid coffee is that
they get that instant reflex and then they're having to
take you know, gaviscon or something like that to settle
it back down. It's just not worth having the coffee
at all. However, the other reason why people would avoid
coffee is the coffee jets. You know, having a cup
(02:52):
of coffee and then next thing you feel wired and racy.
And it's not a good idea to drink coffee if
you do have that effect on your body as it
overstimulates that cortisol stress response, putting you into that fight
or flight And that's where the response is very different,
and a lot of that is actually genetic. So it's
genetic as well as related to the nervous system. So
(03:13):
some people will metabolize or break down coffee really rapidly,
and other people are slow metabolizers, so it has a
slower effect to get out of the body.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Okay, so that's why I stop drinking. I must have
stopped drinking. I loved coffee, it was I love my
morning ritual of having a coffee, but I must have
stopped over a decade ago because I just gave my
hands shook yep. I looked like I'd been drinking non
stop for days. So that's why I gave it up.
I was just yeah, that sort of jettery feeling and
the shakes and thing.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Yeah, And it doesn't have that effect on everyone, Like
if I have coffee, it doesn't have that effect for me.
So it just knows how how differently our bodies metabolize
the coffee. And that's where there are some benefits having
coffee as well, which I know people who love drinking
coffee will love this part, but actually, you know, there's
research showing that it lowers the rescue of type two diabetes,
heart disease, also Parkinson's disease, and depression because it all
(04:08):
of hates your moot. So there's those positive effects as
well of having a cup of coffee as well as
the antioxidants that are in your coffee, which is the polyphemales,
and that has a really positive effect on the body
for breaking down free radicals. So it does have that
positive effect. However, if the negative sort of outweighs the positive,
(04:29):
I think that's where you decide whether coffee is right
for you or not. What effect does it have on
your body is if it's a positive or negative effect
in deciding whether it's a good idea to drink it
or not. The other thing that I notice is you
know how much you're having is not overdoing it, keeping
it to the morning and maximum the research shows is
two to three cups a day.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Thank you so much, erin appreciate that. That update.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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