We look at the potential health benefits of both coffee & caffeine and take a real good look at the science. There's A LOT! Scroll to the bottom for a ton of studies! We are joined by a special guest in Duncan of Cannonball Coffee a UK based coffee company that holds the title of selling the UK's strongest coffee. This is in terms of caffeine not taste! Here's a little more on them.
Cannonball roasts the most caffeinated coffee in the UK. Hand-roasted from speciality beans - it tastes great and helps you get sh*t done.
Their coffee is really popular with people who are into fitness and optimising performance. As well as coffee, they sell natural nootropics and powdered greens - more stuff to help you have an awesome morning.
Duncan launched the brand in March 2018 after leaving the Artillery. They recently shipped their 10,000th website order.
We were super excited when Duncan approached us as this is a topic that deserves exploring especially when we look at the potential benefits. It was also great to hear the process of making super-strong coffee like where it's from, the various brewing methods that you can use and how Duncan got into all this!
If you want to grab some coffee or any products they sell and want to support the podcast at the same time then please head to https://cannonballcoffee.co.uk/ and in checkout use code PRIMAL10 for 10% off your order!
For more detail on caffeine and dehydration please see our myths episode on the topic! Click here!
Bill promised to throw some stats down in the show notes in regards to the whopping umbrella study we explored in regards to coffee specifically.
CVD: Example of effect - Risk reduced CVD mortality 19%, 16% for mortality coronary heart disease, 30% for mortality of stroke. More than 3 cups were not associated with harm but the further benefit was less pronounced.
Cancer: "High versus low coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer,39 endometrial cancer,40 melanoma,41 oral cancer,39 leukaemia,38 non-melanoma skin cancer,42 and liver cancer.43 For prostate,44 endometrial,39 melanoma,45 and liver cancer43 there were also significant linear dose-response relations indicating a benefit."
Liver and Gastro outcomes: all categories of coffee exposure were associated with a lower risk for a range of liver outcomes "Any versus no coffee consumption was associated with a 29% lower risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (relative risk 0.71, 0.60 to 0.85),62 a 27% lower risk for liver fibrosis (odds ratio 0.73, 0.56 to 0.94),63 and a 39% lower risk for liver cirrhosis (0.61, 0.45 to 0.84).63"
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Cannonball Coffee. Delicious tasting and super powerful that WILL give you a boost in the gym. You can listen to our podcast with Cannonball Coffee here to find out why we love them. If you want to help us out and get some tasty coffee, go to cannonballcoffee.co.uk and use code PRIMAL10 for 10% off.
Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes
Wake up and smell the coffee: caffeine supplementation and exercise performance-an umbrella review of 21 published meta-analyses
Performance of muscle strength and fatigue tolerance in young trained women supplemented with caffeine
Effect of Coffee and Caffeine Ingestion on Resistance Exercise Performance
Dose response effects of a caffeine-containing energy drink on muscle performance
CYP1A2 genotype and acute effects of caffeine on resistance exercise, jumping and sprinting performance
A low caffeine dose improves maximal strength, but not relative muscular endurance in either heavier-or lighter-loads or perceptions of effort or discomfort at task failure in females
Exercise and Sports Performance with Low Doses of Caffeine
What Dose of Caffeine to Use: Acute Effects of 3 Doses of Caffeine on Muscle Endurance and Strength
Effect of two doses of caffeine on muscular function during isokinetic exercise
Effect of caffeine ingestion on muscular strength and endurance: a meta-analysis
Effects of acute caffeine ingestion on resistance training performance and perceptual responses during repeated sets to failure
Dispelling the myth that habitual caffeine consumption influences the performance response to acute caffeine supplementation
Caffeine withdrawal, acute effects, tolerance, and absence of net beneficial effects of chronic administration
Acute caffeine ingestion enhances strength performance and reduces perceived exertion and muscle pain perception during resistance exercise
The Acute Effect of a Caffeine-Containing Energy Drink on Mood State, Readiness to Invest Effort, and Resistance Exercise to Failure
Effect of caffeine on quadriceps muscle pain during acute cycling exercise in low versus high caffeine consumers
Exercise endurance 1, 3, and 6 h after caffeine ingestion in caffeine users and nonusers
Coffee consumption and risk of fractures: a meta-analysis
The Impact of Caffeine and Coffee on Human Health
Caffeine Transiently Affects Food Intake at Breakfast
Effects of caffeine and sex on muscle performance and delayed-onset muscle soreness after exercise-induced muscle damage: a double-blind randomized trial
