Coffee Causes Dehydration, Myth Or Fact? This Is The Explanation

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JAKARTA - For those who like coffee, it would be unpleasant if coffee can cause dehydration. Is it true that coffee can cause a decrease in the amount of fluid in the body so that it makes you weak and has no energy?

In fact, two studies published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine found good news for coffee connoisseurs. First, coffee not only improves memory and protects the brain from dementia. Coffee is useful for helping longer life.

In the study surveyed more than 520,000 people in ten European countries. Researchers found that drinking more coffee can significantly lower the risk of death in certain conditions.

Such as liver disease, suicide in men, cancer in women, and digestive and circulatory diseases.

A second study found that those who drank three cups of coffee a day had a lower risk of all causes of death than did not drink coffee at all. As for the size of the decrease in the amount of fluid in the body, here are the facts.

Launching MayoClinic, Monday, February 22, drinking coffee in excess which can have the risk of giving a dehydrating effect. According to his findings, at least do not drink up to five cups of coffee in one day.

Dehydration can lower your mood and lead to decreased brain function. If coffee can be useful as an enhancer of brain function.

This means that drinking coffee in the right size does not increase the risk of dehydration as long as you do not replace the amount of fluids your body needs with just drinking coffee.

A study by the Institute for Scientific Information states that caffeine does have deuretic properties. Deuretic means a drink or food that can increase urine production. Coffee does have the effect of more urine being issued.

However, not all urine that is passed out drains body fluids. As long as you drink coffee in normal amounts and are balanced with drinking mineral water according to your body's needs, which is marked by the appearance of thirst, then coffee is not the cause of dehydration.

According to the US National Library of Medicine, the mild deuretic effect of drinking coffee or caffeine-containing drinks can indeed make you urinate more frequently. This occurs because the mechanism of sodium reabsorption by the kidneys will decrease because of caffeinated drinks.

The kidneys will excrete excess salt through urine and sodium will bind water from the blood. This is what causes you to frequently go to the bathroom. The most sensible advice if you are a coffee fan, limit yourself to 2-3 cups a day so as not to cause other health problems.