Plain coffee beans

Question
QUESTION: I like to eat coffee beans plain without any chocolate coating on them.  How many calories are in plain coffee beans?  I know that brewed coffee has essentially no calories, but I assume the beans themselves are actually quite dense in calories.  Any idea?

ANSWER: Hello Hallie!

Thank you for your nutrition question. A little over a cup or a 100 grams of coffee beans contain 42 calories.  They also contain 2.1 grams of protein, 1,439mg of potassium, and 8.3 grams of carbohydrates.

For more answers to your nutrition questions check out www.planetyorgos.com

-George Rapitis, MS
www.juiceblend.com

  


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QUESTION: Thanks so much for your quick answer.  That's really interesting.  Is that for raw or roasted coffee beans?

Answer
Dear Hallie,

   I am glad you found my answer interesting. I was refering to the calorie content in  raw coffee beans.  In addition, there's a great deal of recorded research to show that coffee has many health benefits. Moderate coffee use is associated with reduced risk of:

Alzheimer's Disease
Parkinson's Disease
Gallstones
Diabetes mellitus
Cirrhosis of the liver
A form of liver cancer
Gout in men over 40

As if that wasn't enough, coffee has been found to also improve cognitive performance. So your belief that your morning cup of coffee jump starts your brain and your afternoon cup of coffee picks you up may actually have scientific foundation.

Coffee also enhances the performance of simple pain relievers like aspirin. Just about everyone knows that if you drink a cup of coffee after taking an aspirin with, of course, a glass of water, that the caffeine makes the aspirin work "better." That's why so many over the counter pain relievers are actually compounds with caffeine added.  Hope this helps!

-George  

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