5. Improve Your Mood and Reduce Depression
If having a cup or two of coffee tends to make you feel good mentally, there’s a reason for that! In fact, coffee acts as a mild antidepressant by stimulating neurotransmitters by making them feel good in your brain.
Depression is a chronic, severe mood disorder that affects twice as many women as men. It causes severe symptoms that affect the way you think, feel, and deal with everyday activities like sleeping, eating, or working.
Approximately 20% of women are affected by depression during their lifetime. Every cup of coffee consumed daily helps reduce the risk of depression by 8%. Scientists found that drinking between one and five cups of coffee a day had a significant effect on preventing depression.
Coffee not only helps by functioning as a mild antidepressant, it also helps prevent mood swings, making you feel happier. The caffeine in your cup helps control your mood through neurotransmitters in your brain, releasing dopamine and serotonin that gives you that incredible feeling of being alive.
