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Coffee for Your Heart: The Regenerative Power of Caffeine on Vascular Health
Scitech Daily ^ | October 09, 2024 | Oxford University Press USA

Posted on 10/10/2024 4:00:23 AM PDT by Red Badger

Caffeine might improve vascular health by assisting in the regeneration of blood vessels, according to recent research with lupus patients, suggesting a potential dietary approach for managing cardiovascular risks in inflammatory disease conditions. New research indicates that caffeine consumption may boost vascular health by supporting the regeneration of blood vessel linings.

This investigation, conducted by Italian scientists on lupus patients, highlights caffeine’s potential benefits for those at increased risk of vascular diseases due to inflammatory conditions.

Caffeine and Heart Health

A new study published on October 9 in Rheumatology by Oxford University Press suggests that increased caffeine intake could improve heart health.

Vascular disease, which involves the damage of blood vessels, leads to severe outcomes like heart attacks and strokes—some of the leading causes of death worldwide. For patients suffering from inflammatory rheumatic diseases, including lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, the risks are significantly higher. This heightened risk stems from both the diseases themselves and some treatments, especially those involving cortisone derivatives.

Enhancing Vascular Health Through Diet

Until now, doctors’ recommendations to reduce these vascular risks were essentially about avoiding risk factors. This included stopping inflammation, decreasing cortisone medications, as well as conventional recommendations like not smoking, reducing cholesterol, and controlling high blood pressure.

But researchers from Sapienza University of Rome, in Italy, involved in this study believe patients may be able to improve vascular health by doing something that’s actually enjoyable. The laboratory results of these investigators suggest that caffeine, present in coffee, tea, and cocoa, actively helps endothelial progenitor cells, the group of cells that helps regenerate the lining of blood vessels and are involved in vascular growth.

Caffeine’s Role in Cardiovascular Wellness

It’s well known that a diet rich in vitamin D (found in oily fish and eggs) and A (found in many fruits) and polyunsaturated fatty acid, and low in sodium, seems to play a role in decreasing the inflammatory burden. Scientists have wondered about caffeine as well. Besides the well-known stimulant effect on the body, caffeine also exerts an anti-inflammatory effect because it binds with the receptors expressed on the surface of immune cells. The effect of caffeine consumption on cardiovascular health has been widely investigated, with conflicting results.

Researchers here investigated 31 lupus patients without traditional cardiovascular risks factors using a seven-day food questionnaire. After a week the investigators took the patents’ blood to measure blood vessels health. They found that patients who consumed caffeine had better vascular health, as measured through endothelial cells, which form the important inner layer of blood vessels.

Study Findings and Future Research

“The present study is an attempt to provide patients with information on the possible role of diet in controlling the disease,” said the paper’s lead author, Fulvia Ceccarelli. “It will be necessary to confirm the results through a longitudinal study, aimed at assessing the real impact of coffee consumption on the disease course.”

Reference:

“Caffeine improves systemic lupus erythematosus endothelial dysfunction by promoting endothelial progenitor cells survival” by Valeria Orefice, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Cristiana Barbati, Giorgia Buoncuore, Carmelo Pirone, Cristiano Alessandri and Fabrizio Conti, 9 October 2024, Rheumatology.

DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae453


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: antiinflammatory; caffeine; coffee; healthlinks; tcoyh
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To: MomwithHope

I do remember when my parents had the chrome electric coffee pot back in the Sixties, tall and shapely, with the little glass thingie on the top where you could see the coffee percolating and bubbling, I presume so you could tell when to shut it off.

I doubt my parents ever “shut it off”. They just let it percolate, I am sure, until the coffee ran out or turned into mud.

Or both...:)


21 posted on 10/10/2024 5:19:36 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: Red Badger

Coffee causes climate change. Klaus doesn’t want you to drink it:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4124473/posts


22 posted on 10/10/2024 5:20:00 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Vermont Lt

The best there is.


23 posted on 10/10/2024 5:20:09 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Mazey; ckilmer; goodnesswins; Jane Long; BusterDog; jy8z; ProtectOurFreedom; matthew fuller; ...

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24 posted on 10/10/2024 5:21:08 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Larry Lucido
'Black Coffee in Bed' by Squeeze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x2mV9JktrE

25 posted on 10/10/2024 5:24:35 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Red Badger; Diana in Wisconsin

COFFEE = GOOD


Cocoa = GOOD!

... The laboratory results of these investigators suggest that caffeine, present in coffee, tea, and cocoa, actively helps endothelial progenitor cells, the group of cells that helps regenerate the lining of blood vessels and are involved in vascular growth. ...


26 posted on 10/10/2024 5:37:08 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Red Badger

You could always go for a walk!


27 posted on 10/10/2024 5:40:05 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Tom Tetroxide

I need the coffee to get to the walk!

I walk 3-4 miles a day!.............


28 posted on 10/10/2024 5:41:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

how many pots of coffee per day do they recommend?

2 is my usual

but i can do more


29 posted on 10/10/2024 5:44:26 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: catnipman

And just seven days?


30 posted on 10/10/2024 5:54:12 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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To: Red Badger

Yesssss! My favorite morning wakeup beverage. Two cups of coffee prime me for the day!


31 posted on 10/10/2024 5:56:31 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Vermont Lt

I use Keurig too because I am the only one who drinks java.


32 posted on 10/10/2024 5:59:25 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Red Badger

This is a program I can get onboard with.


33 posted on 10/10/2024 6:02:01 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: rlmorel; Red Badger; MomwithHope
I found out about all of this (*coffee fuss*) while working at a truckstop in East Tennessee. This particular truckstop was known far-and-wide for its flavorful & satisfying coffee...

The only way they cleaned the pots, was to put salt and baking soda inside, swish it around, and rinse thoroughly.

Soap (and any other cleaners) alters the taste - and it seems, you 'can't rinse it out enough'.

Salt & baking soda - all the way. There was no other remedy. (it works)

34 posted on 10/10/2024 6:32:16 AM PDT by spankalib
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To: Red Badger

I have 5cups per day. 3 to 4every morning.

If it was bad for me I would be dead now.


35 posted on 10/10/2024 6:38:53 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: spankalib

At the restaurant I worked at we used salt and ICE. No scrubbing..................


36 posted on 10/10/2024 6:45:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
Yes, they did that too, I had forgotten!

Made a racket, it did!

37 posted on 10/10/2024 6:55:43 AM PDT by spankalib
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To: Red Badger

Indeed my choice Boyd’s


38 posted on 10/10/2024 7:05:35 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: spankalib

I will take that to heart! No more cleaning with spray on aviation cleaner!


39 posted on 10/10/2024 7:14:52 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: Red Badger

Is this actually new? Weightlifters have been including coffee in their pre-workouts for decades for it’s vascularization benefit.


40 posted on 10/10/2024 7:19:37 AM PDT by MTsumi
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