Coffee Will Save Your Brain

[Liar]

Having a cuppa right now. I feel less demented by the minute.

All hail the almighy bean.

http://www.inquisitr.com/16379/were-saved-pass-the-coffee-pot/

After evaluating the effects of many health and socioeconomic factors, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol counts, the research team concluded the participants who drank between three and five cups of coffee a day were 65% less likely to develop dementia than those who drank less. Drinking even more than five cups a day was also associated with a reduced risk of developing dementia but the number of participants drinking this much coffee was too small to be statistically significant.

While not advocating someone start drinking coffee as a preventive measure, Dr. Miia Kivipelto, associate professor of neurology at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, suggests the following factors may be involved:

• Previous studies have found drinking coffee decreases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a disease that raises the risk of dementia.
• Animal studies have shown that caffeine reduces formation of amyloid plaques in the brain. These plaques are a distinguishing characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease.
• Coffee may be a bloodstream-protecting antioxidant that protects the vascular system enough to reduce the likelihood of dementia.

Kivipelto also noted coffee consumption has been linked to decreased risk of Parkinson’s disease.

 

[jomar]

Good to know I'm doing my part.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Well, this is good to know. I have 3 cups in the morning and two at night. My father drank about 12 cups a day and lived to be 90. I think he was too wired to fall over and die.

I drink Starbucks, French Roast black with no sugar. I grind my own beans and make it extra strong.

I'd rather have a good cup of coffee than a good glass of scotch, rhetorically speaking of course.

"Bartender!"

 

[kendo1]

I was thinking of changing my name to Kenco.

 

[JagFarlane]

-chuckles- Navy chiefs will rejoice at hearing that....

 

[voluptuary_manque]

As we used to say on Active Duty, real sergeants never drink coffee . . . they mainline it!

 

[starrkers]

I'm safe then. I never let the blood in my caffeine stream get too high.

 

[_Lynn_]

I'm in big trouble ... I don't like coffee.

 

[DesertPirate]

-chuckles- Navy chiefs will rejoice at hearing that....

I was an E5 when I got out but still have the permanantly crooked index finger that fits a coffee cup perfectly.
The first and most important qualification for Chief (E7)
I have a 20 OZ ceramic mug

 

[TE999]

Hot damn! My favorite beverage (non-alky) has redeeming qualities.

It reduces Brain Fuzz, and not just in the morning. Gotta love the bean.

 

[hotMarie]

I am drinking my share of coffee

 

[Katyusha]

I'm in big trouble ... I don't like coffee.

Well that makes two of us that are in a lot of trouble.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I'm in big trouble ... I don't like coffee.

You will be pleased to hear that both tea and chocolate have high levels of caffeine as well.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Coffee will save your brain?

What brain?

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Guest]

Coffee - strong Columbian, with a scoop of chocolate almond to remove some of the bitterness -

Absolutely vital.

All day long.

 

[3113]

You will be pleased to hear that both tea and chocolate have high levels of caffeine as well.

Is it the caffeine or it it the bean? I ain't a coffee drinker either, but I love ice tea and I love chocolate and if they're doing similar things for my brain I'd be very happy. Any excuse to keep consuming them.

 

[JagFarlane]

I was an E5 when I got out but still have the permanantly crooked index finger that fits a coffee cup perfectly.
The first and most important qualification for Chief (E7)
I have a 20 OZ ceramic mug

LOL E4 here, but definitely have drank my share of coffee

 

[impressive]

Drinking even more than five cups a day was also associated with a reduced risk of developing dementia but the number of participants drinking this much coffee was too small to be statistically significant.

Huh? If you ain't drinking a POT, I don't consider it statistically significant. Hell, a Venti from TarBucks is 20oz -- which, in coffee terms, is 3.33 "cups." Two of those, and you're over 5 "cups."

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I doubt it's just the caffeine. If it were, the study would have been about the effects of caffeine on the brain, not about coffee specifically.

Hundreds of different chemical compounds have been found in coffee, including xanthines, polyphenols, alkaloids, theobromine and theophyline. A lot of these are natural antioxidants which protect our cells from damage and aging, and a lot of these have also been found to be carcinogenic in rats, so take your pick.

It just goes to show you that there's no clear answer to these dietary factors.

 

[_Lynn_]

You will be pleased to hear that both tea and chocolate have high levels of caffeine as well.

Still out of luck then. I don't drink tea and I'm allergic to chocolate.

 

[DesertPirate]

Pondering the truth here as I fill the above mentioned mug for the third time

 

[AvoidingRealWork]

I first heard about the inverse link between caffeine and Alzheimer's years ago. There's a lot of Alzheimer's in my family, but my 86-year-old grandma, who drinks a small Costa Rican plantation every day, is still sharp as a tack.

I also use coffee-infused shampoo, as caffeine is supposed to block testosterone from reaching the hair follicle and causing hair loss. My hair so far has grown noticeably thicker.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I also use coffee-infused shampoo, as caffeine is supposed to block testosterone from reaching the hair follicle and causing hair loss. My hair so far has grown noticeably thicker.

Why do I wish you had posted that about 40 years ago?

 

[AvoidingRealWork]

Why do I wish you had posted that about 40 years ago?

I thought bears had plenty of hair .

 

[buxxxom]

Finally, some good news about my lifestyle for a change!