Practitioner Course

The Health Effects of Coffee

Know your beverage; the highs and lows of coffee consumption.
Format

Online Course
1 lesson

Availability

12 Months OR Subscriber Pass

Duration

90 min/lesson
1.5 Hours total

Presenter

Andrew Pengelly

About this course

Natural therapists have a long history of advising their patients to reduce or eliminate caffeinated beverages, widely regarded as being toxic to the liver. Over the last decade or so there has been a surge in research investigations into the health effects of consuming coffee.

Clinical and epidemiological studies have revealed that coffee drinkers suffer less from liver diseases compared to non-coffee drinkers, while also tending to live longer. In this presentation we will delve deeply into the phytochemistry of coffee, with a particular focus on caffeine and polyphenols.

We will look into the potential adverse effects of these beverages, including caffeine addiction, and review recent research into their effects on human health, including cardiovascular health, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
What you receive:
  • Clear protocol explanations from some of the world's top practitioners
  • Clinical pearls for improved practice results
  • Access to your audio and video recordings via the App Store
  • A downloadable PDF of the presenter’s slides
  • Links to all referenced research papers and useful clinical handouts
  • Access to the community hub where you can get answers to your questions
  • A 30-day money back guarantee

From this course you will

  • Explore the chemical structure of coffee, which contains high levels of alkaloids, polyphenols and other phytochemicals
  • Chlorogenic acid and its’ derivatives are potent antioxidants and hepatoprotectives
  • Epidemiological studies reveal that coffee drinkers on average live longer than non-coffee drinkers
  • Coffee drinkers have fewer cardiovascular, metabolic and hepatic diseases and lower rates of strokes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
  • Decaffeinated coffee is beneficial for some, but not for all of these disorders
  • People who are sensitive to caffeine should limit intake, or keep to decaf

What's in this course

Your Presenter

Dr Andrew Pengelly PhD

Dr Pengelly has had a forty-year career as a herbal practitioner and naturopath, University lecturer, researcher, field botanist and aromatherapist. His PhD was awarded for his research into Australian plant medicines. He is author of the widely used text “The Constituents of Medicinal Plants” now it its 3rd edition, and currently employed as online teaching faculty for the Maryland University of Integrative Health (USA), where he teaches Herbal Pharmacology and Phytochemistry and Western Materia Medica to graduate students.

Dr Pengelly now lives in Ballandean, in the Granite Belt region of Southern Queensland, while commuting regularly to Brisbane where he works at the Queensland Herbarium as a digital imaging specialist. As co-founder and president of Indigenous Plants for Health Association Inc., he is involved in researching the chemistry and therapeutic potential of geebung (Persoonia spp.) in collaboration with the University of Queensland. He is a fellow and life member of the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia, and an active member of the Stanthorpe Rare Wildflowers Consortium.
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