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New study reveals drinking coffee could lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease (Two cups, minimum)
Medical XPress / Edith Cowan University / Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience ^ | Nov. 23, 2021 | Samantha L. Gardener et al

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 ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: coffee; java
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

—> Correlation is not causation.

I’m conducting additional research right now!


41 posted on 11/30/2021 11:27:39 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
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To: ConservativeMind

I should be in good shape.


42 posted on 11/30/2021 11:34:39 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“results showed an association between coffee”

These things aren’t worth squat. It is the problem with the vast majority of dietary studies. They look for associations but there are so many variables that pulling out one or two significant ones is just a statistical game. Nothing meaningful.


43 posted on 11/30/2021 11:37:22 AM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Then why do they call it a cup of Joe?


44 posted on 11/30/2021 11:43:16 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: SeekAndFind

Regular brushing and professional cleaning a couple of times a year should keep them whites pearly...


45 posted on 11/30/2021 11:45:40 AM PST by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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To: ConservativeMind
It this is try I am going to stay sharp as a tack.

The day has not started until I have had my pint of coffee.

46 posted on 11/30/2021 11:49:15 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: Magnum44

Oh damn that’s funny man!


47 posted on 11/30/2021 11:50:16 AM PST by refermech
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Correlation and causation are both racist. So since if A=C and B=C then A=B: correlation is causation.


48 posted on 11/30/2021 12:37:00 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Logic is rayciis, you rayciss!


49 posted on 11/30/2021 12:52:46 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: ConservativeMind

Another study will come out showing the opposite within 5 years, followed by another one showing the opposite again in another 5 years.


50 posted on 11/30/2021 1:08:27 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: ConservativeMind

I drink three shots of espresso after breakfast and two after dinner. Looking good!


51 posted on 11/30/2021 1:26:07 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Lately I find myself breaking the one cup rule most days.


52 posted on 11/30/2021 1:28:22 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ConservativeMind

I am closer to 2 pots a day.


53 posted on 11/30/2021 1:31:33 PM PST by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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To: ConservativeMind

And not decaf! That’s like drinking lite beer or sugar free sodas!


54 posted on 11/30/2021 2:15:34 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Obvioulsy not a senior citizen!


55 posted on 11/30/2021 2:16:15 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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