MDLA Wellness Blog

For most healthy adults, drinking coffee before eating isn’t actually harmful. If your usual morning cup leaves you comfortable, there is little reason to rearrange breakfast around it. If it makes you shaky or brings on heartburn, trying food first is reasonable, although reducing caffeine may matter more.

Have you ever really thought about the question “Does coffee give you energy?” The answer is both simple and a little complex — in everyday terms, it can make you more awake and ready to work. However, physiologically, black coffee provides very little caloric energy

You might have heard about vitamin B8, but, biologically speaking, it’s not what it seems (at least the thing we usually hear about). The compound’s actual name is inositol, and while it has positive biological functions, it isn’t a vitamin because the body synthesizes it by itself

Conversations aboutcoffee benefits for skin usually speculate on caffeine, polyphenols and chlorogenic acids have been studied for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. However, evidence that the drink itself has any positive effects on skin is still limited.

Have you ever woken up and had your normal morning routine just to get a headache, nausea, flushing or a racing heart? It seems to be a logical choice to associate those symptoms with coffee and, more specifically, caffeine in it. However, they could come from a variety of places, including histamine intolerance (HIT), which is still being studied. That is what we are discussing in this article — is coffee high in histamine and how to adjust your routine if you suffer from HIT.

In some cases, coffee can have trace mycotoxins, mostly ochratoxin A. There are food-safety controls in place to limit consumer exposure to them. Although roasting can reduce the amount of mycotoxins in coffee, it doesn’t eliminate all of them. In this MDLA article, you will also learn about mold in coffee, is coffee a toxin by itself and how to ensure you are having a safe cup.