Coffee Ground Antioxidant Effects 500X Greater Than Vitamin C
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 16:50
in Health & Medicine
The epidermis of the coffee bean, known as coffee silverskin, is usually removed after the beans have been dried, and of course used coffee grounds are normally discarded unless people use them in their garden or as an abrasive cleaning product. It might be time to reconsider putting them in a landfill, according to a study from the University of Granada which set out to see what other value they might have. They found that the antioxidant effects of these coffee grounds are 500 times greater than those found in vitamin C and could be employed to create functional foods with significant health benefits. Credit: UGR Divulga read more