• Studies range from reports on coffee reducing the risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer to demonstrating evidence for coffee as a beneficial tonic across the spectrum of liver diseases. In 2013, Saab et. al. published a systematic review that included a table of 12 key studies (over 93,000 subjects) assessing the impact of coffee on liver-related health outcomes from 1993 to 2010, all of which showed positive health benefits of coffee on the liver.
• Several studies consistently show that coffee drinkers with chronic liver disease have a reduced risk of cirrhosis and a lower incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma, regardless of their primary etiology. Epidemiological studies strongly suggest that drinking about 3 cups of coffee can reduce the risk or severity of liver damage from various causes (Heath et al. 2017).
• Elevated liver enzymes often indicate inflammation or damage to liver cells, which then leak higher-than-normal amounts of certain chemicals into the bloodstream, elevating liver enzymes on blood tests. Coffee consumption is inversely related to serum liver enzyme activity: Results showed that people who said they drank three or more cups of coffee a day had lower levels of these enzymes compared with people who did not drink any coffee. (Tanaka et al. 1998).
• In 2010, Lenore Arab reviewed a substantial amount of epidemiological evidence from over 500 papers relating to the consumption of coffee to various human cancers. She condensed the findings of the meta-analyses and more recent papers on site-specific human cancers. For hepatocellular and endometrial cancers, there is a strong and consistent protective association (Arab 2010).

PURITY PROTECT IS A LIGHT-MEDIUM ROAST, VERY HIGH IN CGA, WITH SWEET CITRUS CHARACTERISTICS.

Purity Protect follows a profile laid out in the scientific literature and hits several points that have been proven to be critical. We searched for a coffee that we believe could reflect the science for liver health.

High chlorogenic acid levels, but balanced by sugars in the coffee, so that the coffee is sweet, flavorful and clean-tasting.

This specific single origin from Colombia is processed via a “honeyed process,” allowing the natural coffee fruit sugars to deliver a very drinkable coffee since the science encourages 3-5 cups of coffee a day.

WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS: HEALTH BENEFITS OF COFFEE

There are hundreds of compounds working together in a cup of coffee, but these are most often mentioned in scientific studies:

• Chlorogenic Acids
• Caffeine
• Diterpenes (Cafestol and Kahweol)
• Melanoidins

In order to discuss coffee and the liver, let’s summarize the main diseases of the liver—each of these is studied in conjunction with coffee.