Coffee May Cure Alzheimer's Disease

Sky News ^ | 7/06/09

[truthandlife]

Scientists have uncovered powerful evidence that caffeine not only helps to stave off the disease but can treat it.

They hope soon to follow up the initial results from animal experiments with human patient trials.

US neuroscientist Dr Gary Arendash, who led the research, said: "The new findings provide evidence that caffeine could be a viable 'treatment' for established Alzheimer's disease, and not simply a protective strategy.

"That's important because caffeine is a safe drug for most people. It easily enters the brain, and it appears to directly affect the disease process."

A key aspect of Alzheimer's is sticky clumps of abnormal protein in the brain called beta amyloid plaques.

Mice with a rodent equivalent of the disease showed a 50% reduction in levels of amyloid protein in their brains after scientists spiked their drinking water with caffeine.

The change was reflected in their behaviour as the mice developed better memories and quicker thinking.

Humans receiving an equivalent dose for their body weight would be consuming 500 milligrams of caffeine - or five eight ounce cups of ordinary coffee - a day.

The same amount of caffeine can be obtained by drinking two cups of strong "coffee shop" coffee, 14 cups of tea, or 20 cola drinks.

[television is just wrong]

LOL, I drink 6 cups a day. BUZZZZZZZZZ

[mplsconservative]

Love my coffee, now even more!

[Professional Engineer]

All right! We’re set.

[Gil4]

Does Diet Coke work?

[spokeshave]

Wow....I can cancel my Long Term Health Care insurance....!

[delacoert]

If coffee cures Alzheimer's them I'm safe. I already drink so much coffee that... where... I can't find my coffee cup... What was I saying?

[goodnesswins]

LOVE my CHOCOLATE.....more than ever....especially WITH coffee!

[muawiyah]

IKEA gives away fresh brewed coffee from 9:30 to 10:00 AM every day of the week. It’s strong.

[Mountain Mary]

LOL Delacouert! Only good thing about having Alzheimers is that you can hide your own Easter eggs...

[JRandomFreeper]

Iwasthingkingthiswouldbeagoodideaandthereyougo,thescientistssaidIshouldhaveanothercup.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

thinking.Myspellingisnotrightforreason...

/johnny

[sjeann]

Interesting!

[TCats]

BS! Just another contradictory ‘Health’ claim that will be countermanded tomorrow with the ‘Finding’ that drinking Coffee causes Ingrown Toenails. What a bunch of Snake Oil.

[Titus-Maximus]

Mormons don’t drink coffee, I hope Mitt is okay.

[garjog]

[Star Traveler]

The article said — The same amount of caffeine can be obtained by drinking two cups of strong “coffee shop” coffee, 14 cups of tea, or 20 cola drinks.

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I was thinking about Red Bull..., but I see coffee has it beat... LOL

[Think free or die]

One more reason to buy Honduran coffee.

[mamelukesabre]

Something is wrong with those numbers. I get way more caffein buzz off of mountain dew than I do off of ice tea. in fact, I can’t get any buzz off of tea at all.

[mamelukesabre]

Cigarettes supposedly protect against something too. Can’t remember what it is. Either parkensins or alzheimers. One or the other.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Now I can tell everyone at work my high coffee consumption is for my health! Woohoo!!

[Ron C.]

"Does Diet Coke work?"

LOL - maybe not - because of the aluminum dust - that many believe contributes to the Big A.

(I chug diet pepsi by the gallon - and memory is a problem)

[Cementjungle]

Cigarettes supposedly protect against something too. Can’t remember what it is. Either parkensins or alzheimers. One or the other.

Parkinsons.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Hehehehe.... I am CONSTANTLY setting down my coffee mug and forgetting where I left it.

[ReneeLynn]

And what do they do with heart patients who can’t have caffeine?

[NRA2BFree]

I drink 10 cups a day and I still can’t remember anything. LOL

[divine_moment_of_facts]

This study is ‘Chock full O Crap’.

[frankiep]

Sounds good to me.

I’m so addicted to coffee by now that I get pretty bad headaches, causing me to have a generally crappy day, if I don’t get my fix in the morning.

[Redcloak]

It's nice to know that "Old Timer's" is one thing I won't have to worry about.

[Netizen]

I’m supposed to avoid caffeine. I wonder if Alzheimer’s started rising when people were told to avoid caffeine.

[Dysart]

I like and partake of coffee almost daily but it has paradoxical effect on me. For instance I had 2 strong cups this morning after waking and went right back sleep for several hrs, and this isn’t unusual for me.

[Nachum]

I think you’d have to drink 20 diet cokes.

[Sans-Culotte]

[tioga]

Dang.......I am a tea drinker........guess I am doomed. What was that again?

[Star Traveler]

You said — Something is wrong with those numbers. I get way more caffein buzz off of mountain dew than I do off of ice tea. in fact, I can’t get any buzz off of tea at all.

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I don’t know how accurate the numbers are on this web page, but here are some for you to look at, anyway...

http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm

[Netizen]

Mormons don’t drink coffee, I hope Mitt is okay.

Ohhhh good point. I wonder if there have been studies done on Mormons to see if they have a higher rate of Alzheimer's?

[reed13k]

the numbers refer to average colas - not every cola. Mt. dew is way high in caffeine - but I really like it for the citrusy flavor......

Jolt has more sugar, but less caffeine then dew as I recollect - but then I’m off my intake of 2 pots of coffee and 4 dews/day so I may have forgotten.

And yes it made a difference for the short while, ~2 months, I required that level of intake - kept me on my feet - to the point that when I decided to back off I had to have a strong cup of tea to help me sleep. If I tried it these days I’d likely have a coronary - so I stick to a pot in the morning and maybe if I’m draggin’ a dew in the late afternoon.

[ColdWater]

Cigarettes supposedly protect against something too. Can’t remember what it is. Either parkensins or alzheimers. One or the other.

Lay off the cigarettes and dring more coffee.

[cd jones]

I don’t drink coffee .... but I can watch the same movie every week and enjoy it....surprise ending every time.

[ColdWater]

It has been reported that Central Appalachia is No. 1 in the nation in toothlessness. According to dentists, one of the main culprits is Mountain Dew soda.

[Star Traveler]

Ummm..., are you a Mormon... :-)

[Myrddin]

A local coffee shop in Pocatello offers wireless internet. A sign outside proclaims, "The only thing wired in here is the customers".

[Force of Truth]

I’ll take 8 shots of expresso please.

[xzins]

Guatemalan is one of my favorites, but the best, imho, are Ethiopian and Kenyan.

[Vendome]

What can it do for sometimers disease?

[Vendome]

It seems to me your ability to recall is on shaky ground.

[Vendome]

Ain’t it true. Ain’t it true.

[Vendome]

Forget about it.

[Vendome]

My friend turns 99 tomorrow and she is sharp as a stiletto

[Vendome]

yes. they taste great with a tomato sauce, some lemon and white pepper.