☕ How much caffeine is in Exhale coffee?!

plus a simple longevity test 💃, and an alternative to Ibuprofen. Your Weekly Exhale No.57

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February 19, 2023 1:31pm EST

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The new website launched last week, without any major hitches 😅. Let me know if you spot any typos 😉.

And, as we get ever closer to our new bigger bags (well, same bags but more coffee), we feel scared of change but proud! Good to shake up the norm. Can't wait to see the amazing containers which are en route. We have more pre-orders of them than the 270 we ordered so I guess we'd better double the order!

If you follow Chris on Instagram (our stand-in ops manager in Dec), he's been creating rituals around hand grinding coffee. We do exactly the same in our house, it's a perfect few minutes to move, with a clear objective.

Top tip: Using his trusty Timemore hand grinder cured Al's boxing-induced sprained wrist last year. So if you have wrist issues, including RSI, I'd genuinely give it a go.

Freshly ground coffee is best, there's no 2 ways about it. So whichever way you can, try and get to a place where you're grinding your own coffee.

Enjoy your week!

P.S. Gentle reminder: From the 7th March we're moving all subscriptions to be for 450g of coffee, for double the price, sent half as frequent. If you missed my previous emails on this let me know and I can re-send.

1. brew ~ 4 minute read

How much caffeine is in Exhale Coffee!?!

Two weeks ago, Which? posted an article comparing the caffeine content of high street coffee's. They saw a 5 times difference between the highest and lowest!

Tbf, that shouldn't have come as a surprise since studies show coffee's healthiest compound, it's CGA's, can have up to a 31 times difference between the highest and lowest. But that's one for another time.

In the interest of full transparency I wrote up our results in an article published this morning.

Take a look and let me know what you think in the comments, yes one of the benefits of the new website is we can now have a two-way conversation and you can leave comments on my articles! (hopefully I won't live to regret that... eek).

I think you'll especially find the decaf section quite interesting...

Al x

Caffeine in Exhale Coffees

2. move ~ 3 minute read

New research reveals a simple longevity test to do at home...

"You're twice as likely to die in the next decade if you're unable to balance on one foot for 10 seconds." - according to a new study.

Let me guess, you've all just jumped up to check whether you can do it?? If not... you probably should 😂 that's what I did and phew - I nailed it.

According to a peer reviewed study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, balance is a better indicator of life expectancy than aerobic fitness, flexibility or muscle strength.

"The inability of participants to pass the balance test increased with age, while those with weight problems or diabetes were more likely to fail. The study's finalized research factored in age, sex, BMI, history of heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol. The final results determined that the risk of death within a 10-year span was 1.84-fold higher in participants who failed the balance test versus those who passed it."

Balance isn't the only indicator of longevity. Test yourself against four more in the article below. Good luck!

4 indicators of longevity

3. thrive ~ 2 minute watch

3 1/2 tablespoons of Olive Oil is the equivalent to a low dose of ibuprofen!

We don't hide the fact that we love polyphenols at Exhale.

We choose our coffee based on it's polyphenol content and then we optimise for them throughout the roasting process.

There is a mountain of research as to why they're so important to our health, and we challenge you to find a better source of Polyphenols than coffee. But coffee is not the only liquid that has these magic compounds.... incoming olive oil!

Watch this short clip where Max Lugavere talks about why consuming good quality, cold pressed olive oil is similar to taking a low dose anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical every day.

I really love this. It's all about the oleocanthal.

Oleocanthal is a specific polyphenol that is naturally found in truly extra virgin olive oil.

"While structurally dissimilar, the molecules of oleocanthal and ibuprofen appear to bring about a similar chemical effect. Ibuprofen works by inhibiting the action of cyclooxygenase enzymes, COX-1 and COX-2, which are involved in inflammation pathways. It was discovered that, like ibuprofen, the oleoncanthal present in EVOO had COX-inhibiting activity."