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.
.....from my cold dead hands.
And consuming too much water will kill you.
Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide, it’s for the children!
Paying any attention to articles like this could increase the risk of monkeys flying out of my butt.
Phfft, If I drink more than six cups in a day, I am going to be worried about my heart exploding.
Convenient article…Coffee consumption reduces COVID RISK too.
‘Drink water alongside that cup of coffee...’
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Coffee *is* largely water, unless I’m freebasing coffee beans, which I almost never do. Hardly ever.
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So if you drink 6 or more cups of coffee per day, you will not know if you are having dementia.
Awesome. I was just ready the other day about how good coffee is for you.
Yeah, I know it’s all about the volume. But sometimes I think those PhD guys just like to sound alarms.
Evidently, if you don’t do anything the fear-porn presstitutes warn you about, you will live forever.
Didn’t know that but that explains me being asymptomatic when I got it.
Just came up with a delicious, refreshing drink. Mixed i/2 glass of fresh orange juice with 1/2 glass of Sprite- it was super.
Going to be my drink of choice (after morning coffee:)
sod
I wonder when they’ll do research on the effects of being a democRAT!
I think I’m good, I offset my ‘too much coffee’ with lotsa beer.
Can drinking coffee daily lower your risk of COVID-19 infection ...https://abc7.com › covid-19-immunity-coffee-study
Jul 13, 2021 — A new study suggests that having at least one cup of coffee a day is associated with a lower risk of COVID-19 infection.
Well, so much for my smug feeling for reducing my coffee intake to two pots a day..
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