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Name: Student Name Here

Topic: Coffee.

General Purpose: To inform.

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the health benefits of coffee.

Introduction

I. Attention-Getter: Etherton and Kochar, authors of the article Coffee: Facts and controversies, estimated that nearly 12,000,000 pounds of coffee is made in the world every year.

II. Central Idea: There are multiple health benefits to drinking coffee.

III. Credibility: I’ve done extensive research on this topic.

IV. Preview: First I will talk about how drinking coffee can lower the risk of getting a couple of diseases, then I will discuss how coffee could protect your liver, and finally I will explain how not all types of coffee will provide the same if any benefits.

Body

I. Main point #1: Drinking coffee lowers the risk of getting certain diseases.

A. One of these diseases is type II diabetes.

1. Type II diabetes is when your body can’t process sugar properly due to faulty insulin receptors, which ultimately leads to weight gain.

2. Insulin is a hormone in the body that allows sugar to get into our cells.

3. As said by, Taylor and Demmig-Adams authors of To sip or not to sip, drinking coffee regularly by “non-diabetic” individuals can help protect against the disease.

4. Studies have shown that a person’s insulin sensitivity and response have improved due to them drinking coffee regularly, which in turn lowers your risk of getting this disease.

B. Alzheimer’s disease is another disease that drinking coffee could potentially lower the risk of getting.

1. Alzheimer’s disease is caused by the destruction of neurons in the brain.

2. Again, Taylor and Demmig-Adams, mentioned how studies have shown that the caffeine element of coffee has been associated with a lowered risk of obtaining the disease, but researchers don’t know why exactly (yet).

Connective: I just talked about some diseases that coffee can lower your risk of getting, and now I’m going tell you about how coffee consumption can affect your liver.

II. Main point #2: Coffee benefits your liver.

A. According to Pourshahidi, Navarini, and Petracco, authors of A Comprehensive overview of the risks and benefits of coffee consumption, regularly drinking coffee has shown to have a protective effect on the liver in several studies.

1. Liver enzymes benefited highly from coffee intake.

2. Liver functions benefited highly from coffee intake.

B. Additionally, Pourshahidi, Navarini, and Petracco mentioned how coffee could offer protection against alcohol-induced liver damage and impairment. 

1. Strong unfiltered coffee could produce negative effects.

2. Filtered coffee is the beneficial drink.

Connective: I just mentioned how filtered and unfiltered coffee have different effects while dealing with the liver, so my next point is how different types of coffees have varying effects on different people.

III. Main point #3: Not all coffees created equally and therefore have varying effects.

A. Established by Etherton and Kochar, the amount of caffeine and how the coffee is brewed create different effects.

1. Caffeine is the most studied element of coffee. It’s what researchers observe when looking for benefits of coffee.

2. Regular coffee as opposed to decaffeinated coffee has many more health benefits due to the higher amounts of caffeine.

B. The actual amount of coffee consumed by a person also has varying effects.

1. Moderate coffee intake has relatively positive effects while large coffee intake has a more negative effect.

2. The possible benefits of coffee depend on the person. For example, increased coffee intake among pregnant women make for negative effects for the fetus.

Conclusion

I. Review: I told you about how drinking coffee can lower the risk of getting a couple of diseases, discussed how coffee can protect your liver, and explained how not all types of coffee is created equally.

II. Restate central idea: Now you know some of the health benefits of drinking coffee.

III. End with a BANG: This is a latte of information to take in, so hopefully I didn’t over brew your brain.

Works Cited

Etherton, Gale, and Mohit Kochar. “Coffee. Facts and Controversies.” Archives of Family Medicine, vol. 2, no. 3, 1993, pp. 317–22.

Pourshahidi, Kirsty, et al. “A Comprehensive Overview of the Risks and Benefits of Coffee Consumption.” Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, vol. 15, no. 4, 2016, pp. 671–684.

Taylor, Sarah, and Demmig-Adams, Barabra. (2007). “To Sip or Not to Sip: The Potential Health Risks and Benefits of Coffee Drinking.” Nutrition & Food Science, vol. 37, no. 6, 2007, pp. 406–419.