Posted on 07/23/2021 9:53:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
ADELAIDE, Australia — That morning cup of joe may be just what you need to help jumpstart your workday and sharpen your mind. But if you find yourself repeatedly heading over to the coffee pot for refills, you may be actually putting your brain health at risk. Too much coffee can increase the risk of dementia, warns a new study.
Drinking six or more cups a day was linked with a 53 percent increased risk of dementia and make stroke more likely, too. Brain imaging reveals that drinking a lot of coffee was also associated with brain shrinkage, say scientists.
The study, conducted at the Australian Centre for Precision Health at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, is the largest of its kind based on 17,702 participants aged 30 to 37. Kitty Pham, a PhD candidate at the University of South Australia, who led the team of international researchers, says the findings draw attention to the risk of over-consuming.
“Coffee is among the most popular drinks in the world. Yet with global consumption being more than nine billion kilograms a year, it’s critical that we understand any potential health implications,” she explains in a statement. “This is the most extensive investigation into the connections between coffee, brain volume measurements, the risks of dementia, and the risks of stroke – it’s also the largest study to consider volumetric brain imaging data and a wide range of confounding factors.
“Accounting for all possible permutations, we consistently found that higher coffee consumption was significantly associated with reduced brain volume,” she continues. “Essentially, drinking more than six cups of coffee a day may be putting you at risk of brain diseases such as dementia and stroke.”
‘Drink water alongside that cup of coffee,’ researchers suggest Dementia is a degenerative brain condition that affects memory, thinking, behavior and the ability to perform everyday tasks. About 50 million people are diagnosed with the condition worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 5 million senior Americans suffer from dementia. That figure is expected to balloon to 14 million by 2060, the agency predicts.
“This research provides vital insights about heavy coffee consumption and brain health, but as with many things in life, moderation is the key,” says senior investigator Elina Hyppönen, director of Australian Centre for Precision Health. “Together with other genetic evidence and a randomized controlled trial, these data strongly suggest that high coffee consumption can adversely affect brain health. While the exact mechanisms are not known, one simple thing we can do is to keep hydrated and remember to drink a bit of water alongside that cup of coffee.
“Typical daily coffee consumption is somewhere between one and two standard cups of coffee. Of course, while unit measures can vary, a couple of cups of coffee a day is generally fine,” she adds. “However, if you’re finding that your coffee consumption is heading up toward more than six cups a day, it’s about time you rethink your next drink.”
The findings are published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience.
SWNS writer William Janes contributed to this report.
IcanusuallytellwhenI’vehadtoomuchcoffeebecausetheworldslowsdown...
I would propose people with dementia drink more coffee to try to help their thinking and cope with life
It’s still OK for enemas, right? /S
Amen, brother. No surrendering my fully automatic Saeco Royal espresso machine with its extended capacity bean bin. Quad shots to the end! Come and take it.
That line alone proves the total uselessness of this article.
Roseanne Roseanadanna said it best..
“It’s always something.”
PS - I drink instant, can it happen overnight or is it still a gradual process,, like brainwashing little kids in publik skools?
“I’m dead, Jim...”
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““Eggs are bad for you an worse than cigarettes!” - Kellogg’s funded researchers”
My mother was a well educated nutritionist, one day while discussing something the newspaper had said was bad she rattled off the products and dates...
(date) Eggs bad for you, (date) eggs good for you, (date) bacon bad for you, (date) bacon good for you, (date) butter bad, (date) butter good...the list went on into types of fats. Even Mark Twain commented on the pattern. My mother’s advice? Everything in moderation...she lived to 102.
Kitty Pham? Phd candidate? Instant credibility problems.
Just read the other day, somewhere, can’t recall where, coffee is actually good for you in preventing “stuff”.
I’m calling BS on this. Almost nothing in moderation will not hurt you.
Okay. So after my one cup of coffee, I’ll switch to bourbon.
Somebody is paying for these ‘studies’ and any number of past ‘blue chip’ ones have been invalidated for various reasons. Here, I tend to think that the population that drinks 48 fl.oz. of coffee in a day on a regular basis is at an extreme edge of the population. So they might be drinking that amount because their body metabolizes it differently and that can skew the results! Anything that ‘Experts Say’ or ‘Studies Show’ needs to be taken with a grain of salt or a cup of coffee!
And to think municipalities spend taxpayer dollars to process and distribute dihydrogen monoxide. They often require, by ordinance, that our homes are connected to the distribution lines. Worse yet, they add addition chemicals to it. Why do Americans put up with this? I will only imbibe dihydrogren monoxide after fermentation or distillation with grains or fruits. It is the only safe thing to do.
Study sponsored by the World Tea Importers Association.;-)
AND ... it is also fatal in excessive dosage, even without coffee.
However, also give notice to molecular O2 as the first intake of this pernicious substance leads to inevitable death for every living creature! It also causes severe and ongoing deterioration in ferrous metals and is highly dangerous around open flames. World death toll from oxidation events (aka fires) is well over 6 digits year after year!
I think there has actually been quite a bit of research done on that.
Too many studies WILL cause your brain to shrink and turn you into a blithering idiot.
“Essentially, drinking more than six cups of coffee a day may be putting you at risk of brain diseases such as dementia and stroke.”
So if you drink, say 2 cups of coffee per day you are not at risk of dementia and stroke?
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