Just as the title indicates, researchers have found that drinking coffee has actually been able to prevent the onsets of type 2 diabetes. The researchers investigated different coffee compounds' effects on cells in the lab, for example, cafestol and caffeic acid. These two compounded resulted in an increase in insulin secretion when glucose was added. They say cafestol is good for prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, this observation becomes unclear because coffee filters eliminate quite a bit of the cafestol in drip coffee, so it is likely that other compounds also contribute to these health benefits.
This was very shocking a comforting to learn, because I drink coffee everyday, as well as probably a good amount of my classmates. So this discovery is definitely relevant to people our age. This was discovered because people believed that coffee was actually one of the causes or triggers of type 2 diabetes. Therefore making this discovery even more shocking, than just at first glance.
One good aspect of this article was it opened with explaining type 2 diabetes“patients with type 2 diabetes become resistant to insulin, a hormone that helps turn glucose from food into energy. To overcome this resistance, the pancreas makes more insulin, but eventually, it just can't make enough. High blood glucose levels can cause health problems, such as blindness and nerve damage” Although I really enjoyed reading this article, there is probably a few things I wish it touch on. For example, is there a certain amount of coffee that if exceeded will no longer prevent type 2 diabetes. Also, the article didn’t mention whether or not this accounts for those who drink coffee everyday.
Citations:
American Chemical Society. "Coffee compounds that could help prevent type 2 diabetes identified." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 December 2015. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151202124610.htm>.
Great job Rachel! I thought that it was an interesting choice in topic. I thought that you did a good job of giving a summary of the research that was found. I also thought that you did a good job of connecting the topic to all of the readers. I appreciated that you put what compounds would help the diabetes. I did not know what those would be. I also liked how you explained what happened with insulin when the coffee cells were tested. I thought that your writing allowed me to not get lost in all the information.
ReplyDeleteI think that you could add more to your summary. It was short and I didn’t think that it was too clear in explaining how the experiment happened. In the future I would add a quote or just a deeper explanation of the article.
I was surprised to hear that coffee could prevent diabetes. It is crazy that a drink that america lives on can also have some major health benefits. I thought that this article was very interesting and if coffee has real health benefits than there definitely needs to be more research done.
Citation: American Chemical Society. "Coffee compounds that could help prevent type 2 diabetes identified." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 December 2015. .
ReplyDeleteRachel, this was an awesome choice for an article! You did an good article explaining the relevance of this article to our society. We, as a society, are at an increased risk for type two diabetes because of our unhealthy diet. We, also as a society, consume a lot of coffee to keep up with work and school demands. Our generation, like you pointed out, consumes a lot of coffee and this connection shows an important pro of drinking coffee. I also think you did a very good job critiquing the article. You had very good follow up questions that seem very relevant to the article, and these are questions I was also wondering about. Lastly, I think you did a good job using the quote in the last paragraph. This was a simple quote that very well explains how type two diabetes occurs.
I think you could have made your summary more thorough. I felt that you were missing key points that explain the connection between caffeine and the prevention of type two diabetes. You told me that there was a connection, but never actually showed me what it was. I also think that you could have written a little bit more about how the relevance of this discovery could affect the world society, not just our high school and not just America.
I had no idea that coffee prevented type two diabetes. I think it was really interesting that coffee was being researched as a trigger for type two diabetes, and it turned out to prevent it. I would be curious, like you, to know if there is a limit to the amount of coffee you should drink every day to still effectively prevent type two diabetes. I also would be curious to see if this discovery is only relevant to certain people, with certain genes.
I liked how you immediately hooked the reader by saying, “Researchers have found that drinking coffee has actually been able to prevent the onsets of type 2 diabetes.” By linking the consumption of coffee to the prevention of this horrible disease, you were able catch the reader’s attention, urging them to read on. This was also a great way of setting up the rest of your summary, for your opening statement was concise and provided an overview of the article. Second, I liked how you pointed out and defended the idea that there is the possibility of confounding errors, which would cause the results of the experiments to become invalid. By saying, “However, this observation becomes unclear because coffee filters eliminate quite a bit of the cafestol in drip coffee, so it is likely that other compounds also contribute to these health benefits,” you made the point that it’s highly likely that there may be a good deal of other compounds that contribute to the prevention of type 2 diabetes in drip coffee because of the nature of the standard coffee filter. Last, I liked how you added the specificities of the way coffee can prevent type 2 diabetes in a step-by-step process, you made the conclusions made by these scientists more credible. For example, at 1 point in the article, you said, “The researchers investigated different coffee compounds' effects on cells in the lab, for example, cafestol and caffeic acid. These 2 compounded resulted in an increase in insulin secretion when glucose was added.” The reader can now understand that the coffee compounds of cafestol and caffeic acid help by secreting extra insulin when more glucose is present and help fight off diabetes.
ReplyDelete1 thing I disliked was that you introduced the topic of confounding variables but didn’t provide a possible solution. You said, “It is likely that other compounds also contribute to these health benefits,” but you didn’t explain what those compounds may be or how we might be able to isolate them from the compounds being studied. I think some extra research in this area would be nice, and you should have something that would've either explained an alternative method for eliminating these confounding variables, or you should have suggested some possibilities for what these other compounds might be. Another thing I disliked was when you said, “This discovery is definitely relevant to people our age.” By wording your relevance paragraph this way, you made it seem as though it was relevant to only people our age, but, the majority of coffee-drinkers are older than us. If I were you, I would’ve worded it like the following: “This discovery is not only quite relevant to people our age, but also to coffee-drinkers of all ages around the world.” By doing this, you would've included all groups of people who drink coffee, instead of making it seem like the only people this article was relevant to was to people our age that drink coffee.
I don’t drink any coffee at all, and I can apply this new information to my everyday life. I don't get enough sleep, and I often turn to Diet Coke as a source for energy. Though I have been told countless times that it contains many times that it contains many carcinogens, I have never been able to bring myself to stop drinking it. With this new information, I now may switch over to coffee. I chose this review because I wanted to learn more about what I could do to eat healthier food and--in this case--drink healthier drinks. I’m glad I chose this article, for I now understand how I can improve drinking habits by choosing coffee for a source of caffeine, instead of Diet Coke. This article has taught me what steps I can take to prevent type 2 diabetes and improve my overall health.