Brewing your coffee right is the key to good health. Trisha Pasricha, MD, MPH is a doctor and scientist from Harvard University's Harvard Medical School has shared what kind of coffee is bad for health.
The doctor said that unfiltered coffee like espresso is not good for health and French Press coffee can even increase cholesterol levels. She suggests drinking coffee that has been made using paper filtering methods.
Coffee is known to have several benefits but it can lead to health problems if you are not making it right. Doctor Trisha Pasricha from Harvard University has shared useful tips that one should keep in mind while making coffee.
"Coffee is great for your health, but it can raise your cholesterol if you make it the wrong way", the doctor said in a video.
She suggested drinking coffee that is properly brewed using a paper filter such as drip coffee, cold brew, pour-overs or even instant coffee.
Coffee has a compound called diterpenes, believes to increase cholesterol levels which do not get filtered through when using a French Press. However, paper filters can trap them.
The caption of the video posted on Instagram by a media house read, "Research has shown that drinking three to five cups of espresso daily or six or more cups of French press coffee daily was associated with elevated serum cholesterol levels because they contain diterpenes, which decrease the liver's ability to remove LDL cholesterol from the body".
Doctor Trisha Pasricha further stated that people who drink paper filtered coffee live longer than those who don't. "Instant coffee or a coffee pod is filtered coffee that is technically paper-filtered. Instant coffee is actually brewed filtered coffee that gets industrially dried into granules", she added.
So, if you are a coffee lover, keep these tips in mind and choose the healthier options!
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