Posted on 11/30/2021 10:45:39 AM PST by ConservativeMind
Good news for those of us who can't face the day without their morning flat white: a long-term study has revealed drinking higher amounts of coffee may make you less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.
Lead investigator Dr. Samantha Gardener said results showed an association between coffee and several important markers related to Alzheimer's disease.
"We found participants with no memory impairments and with higher coffee consumption at the start of the study had lower risk of transitioning to mild cognitive impairment—which often precedes Alzheimer's disease—or developing Alzheimer's disease over the course of the study," she said.
Drinking more coffee gave positive results in relation to certain domains of cognitive function, specifically executive function which includes planning, self-control, and attention.
Higher coffee intake also seemed to be linked to slowing the accumulation of the amyloid protein in the brain, a key factor in the development of Alzheimer's disease.
If you only allow yourself one cup of coffee a day, the study indicates you might be better off treating yourself to an extra cup, although a maximum number of cups per day that provided a beneficial effect was not able to be established from the current study.
"If the average cup of coffee made at home is 240g, increasing to two cups a day could potentially lower cognitive decline by eight percent after 18 months," Dr. Gardener said.
"It could also see a five percent decrease in amyloid accumulation in the brain over the same time period."
In Alzheimer's disease, the amyloid clumps together forming plaques which are toxic to the brain.
The study was unable to differentiate between caffeinated and de-caffeinated coffee, nor the benefits or consequences of how it was prepared (brewing method, the presence of milk and/or sugar etc).
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
I’ve been self-medicating for years.
When in doubt, if there isn’t a cup in your hand, go drink some more.
“Socks that my last stroke took my taste for coffee. I’ve been a 2 cup per day for decades but it tastes like crap to me now”
Straining your coffee through used socks will do that! ;o)
Currently “Mr Science” uses less than correlation to advocate for masks and mandates, and make claims about the safety and effectiveness of the death shots he’s pushing.
Oh well.
No sleep and using a tablet ain’t working out today
Moving trees do too make the wind blow! Now gimme another cuppa...
There are MAJOR caveats to such a claim [i.e., Endothelial cell function (ECF)], and the citations in this study, unfortunately, make this yet another example of good money chasing bad science (grants supporting researchers rather than providing tangible improvement to science).
The money quote of idiocy:
“Researchers are yet to determine precisely which constituents of coffee are behind its seemingly positive effects on brain health.”
See below (’researchers’ would have known had they - ironically - done their research):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK202224/
My docs keep telling me to stop smoking cigars—and then they keep dying on me.
You would think they would learn!
;-)
“The study was unable to differentiate between caffeinated and de-caffeinated coffee, nor the benefits or consequences of how it was prepared (brewing method, the presence of milk and/or sugar etc).”
Good to know! I like my coffee like my women — dark and murky.
I start my day with a quad shot espresso from my Saeco Royal espresso machine. So no worries here.
My coffee pot is on all day long....especially in winter. Cup of coffee nearby in winter is a must.
I’m covered and then some but I can’t remember why.
I have a cup of coffee every morning, I think. I really do not recall.
LOL!
Black, 10 ounces with a double shot of rum, a very smooth and mellow taste.
After this I move to my recliner for a nap before dinner.
Dementia joe should try this instead of ice cream...nah, too late for that.
I drink one cup of black coffee at 5am and one at 9am.
That’s it.
Coffee is my favorite of the bush vegetables...
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