Posted on 05/16/2025 8:57:26 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
A new study has suggested that habitual coffee consumption of 4–6 cups and over (with one cup measuring at 125ml) per day is associated with a reduced risk of frailty. The study is the first to analyze the relationship between coffee consumption and the underlying components of frailty.
Coffee consumption has previously been linked to reducing the risk of some of the natural symptoms of aging, such as improving cognitive function and mitigating against inflammatory-related diseases.
Researchers conducted a detailed analysis over a long seven-year follow-up period, surveying 1,161 adults aged 55+ years through the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA).
The relationship between coffee consumption and the presence and incidence of frailty was investigated. Frailty status was evaluated using Fried's five-component frailty phenotype, which is defined by the presence of three or more of the following symptoms: weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, slow gait (walking) speed, and low physical activity.
The results of this study indicate that higher habitual coffee consumption is associated with lower overall odds of frailty. These findings can be considered alongside the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) scientific opinion that up to 400mg of caffeine (3–5 cups of coffee) per day is a moderate and safe amount.
The researchers explain that coffee's effect on reducing frailty can partly be attributed to the role of antioxidants in coffee, which may help to reduce inflammation, sarcopenia (muscle loss), and prevention of muscle damage. Coffee may also help to improve regulating insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake in older people.
"Our findings highlight the possible beneficial association between daily coffee consumption and reduced risk of frailty in later life in the older population. Coffee consumption may thus enhance healthy aging, but it is important we also explore further dietary interventions, to ensure older adults can continue to live fulfilling lives."
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I will hear that coffee is good for you, then bad for you, then good for you, etc. It gets confusing.
125 ml is about 4 oz.;nowhere’s near a cup. Who are we trying to fool here?
I also put protein powder, collagen powder, and cacao in my morning coffee. Then I put in some MCT oil, and olive oil in the first cup. On the second cup, I switch to a bit of ghee, coconut oil, and wheat germ oil. There’s a bunch of other stuff too but the list get’s too long.
I’m not going to disagree with you but in recent years both protein powder and college peptide powder have migrated from the body building community to the longevity community.
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Well, that explains a lot. My late father drank literal pots of coffee every day. He died last month at age 95 from congestive heart failure that worsened following flu. He also had COPD, diabetes and high blood pressure.
He did not seem frail until after 90 or so altho’ moving into town from the farm was a big setback.
He was still able to have his container garden on patio, help my mom with housework and drive until at least 90.
My daughter said his “only here for a good time” attitude also helped ;-)
Great! 74yo, three shots of espresso breakfast and dinner.
I don’t think many people drink 4 cups a day. My two at Junction Roastery is all I can handle in a day.
That’s why I have an espresso machine!
Good point. I always wonder who funded the study and how do they profit from the result.
COPD is what got him eventually - from smoking menthol cigarettes for 50+ years -
even though he did quit smoking at age 75.
Good news! I love my morning coffee!
If that’s the case I am now immortal!!
Thatis a perfectly acceptable way to consume coffee. Saves washing a coffee mug.
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Then I’ll never die.
Same with eggs. Now that they are expensive, they’re good for you.
So sorry.
lol
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