Americans often drinkcoffeeevery day.

Overall, coffee consumption in America is on the rise, according to an article inReuters.

And overall the outlook is more positive than it is grim good news for bean juice devotees.

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Sowhat happens to your body when you drink coffeeevery day?

Read on to get the entire scoop.

So what does that mean in layperson’s terms?

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And those symptoms can include irritability, brain fog, headache, and exhaustion, according toHealthline.

Wondering if you’re hooked on java?

Here areways to tell you’re addicted to caffeine.

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That’s because according to cardiologistDr.

“This reduces tiredness and increases alertness.”

That’s not the only positive impact that drinking coffee every day can have on your mood, either.

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Whether or not youshoulddrink that much is up for debate, but the facts still stand.

Steven Reisman, director of the New York Cardiac Diagnostic Center.

“It also helps your body absorb and burn fatty acids in the bloodstream.”

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Honestly, that sounds pretty awesome.

Drinking coffee should just be an addition to those key health factors."

Becky Gillaspy, a certified health and wellness coach.

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“You will sleep less soundly if you drink coffee in the afternoon,” she informedThe List.

“Caffeine has a half-life of six hours.

And if you drink coffee every day at 4 p.m., you’re going to be up even later.

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Choosing to drink coffee every day could be a major contributor to any of those unpleasant and unwanted effects.

Or just stick to the decaf.

Whatever the case, just watch out forsigns you’re drinking too much caffeine.

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It’s heavy, but it also happens to be true.

“You may live longer,” she explained toThe List.

We’ll take it!

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We guess that means coffee is just one of manythings healthy people drink in a day.

“Diabetes is a contributing factor to so many other serious health conditions,” she explained.

“You may protect yourself from diabetes,” she toldThe List.

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“A large reviewstudyanalyzed the association between coffee consumption and risk of diabetes.

Deciding to drink coffee every day doesn’t sound too bad.

“You will boost your body’s level of cell-protecting antioxidants,” she revealed toThe List.

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Many of these nutrients act as antioxidants that protect your cells from damaging free radicals.”

No wonder that’s where Americans overwhelmingly get their daily dose of these important substances.

This certainly makes a strong case for choosing to drink coffee every day.

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Weaver and his team discovered that, and published their findings in the journalFrontiers in Neuroscience.

It’s not the caffeine that’s present in coffee that’s responsible for this benefit, interestingly enough.

“We report for the first time a specific effect of caffeine on reducing forgetting over 24 hours.”

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“However, using these items requires the brain to make a more difficult discrimination.”

So the science is in: Caffeine improves your memory!

“We can’t answer why this has happened,” he continued.

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“So if you drink it throughout the day, it can increase your risk of heart disease.”

The same applies for Turkish-style coffee as well.

You’re probably okay if you only indulge in unfiltered coffee once in a while in moderation.

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Who knew a filter could make such a difference?

To that end, van Dam advises anyone who’s pregnant to be super mindful about caffeine.

So how much coffee should you be drinking every day?

If you want to drink coffee every day, that’s something to discuss with your doctor.