Extensive research: Drinking coffee can curb dementia

Coffee and drinking tea daily seems to prevent dementia, says a recently published large study in the United States.

When you drink two to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day or 1 to 2 cups of caffeinated tea, the decline in cognitive abilities slows down a bit.

The study found out how drinking caffeinated coffee, tea and decaffeinated coffee was related to the subjects’ cognitive abilities over the years. There was information on more than 130,000 people who were followed for about 40 years.

Drinking coffee reduced the risk of dementia by almost a fifth on average. Research published by the American Medical Association JAMA Journal.

Memory disease it is important to prevent at an early stage, the researchers state in the bulletin.

Researchers are therefore interested in how lifestyle and diet prevent or promote memory disease. Coffee could be a factor that slows down dementia based on previous studies.

Coffee and tea contain bioactive substances such as polyphenols and caffeine. They can protect cognitive abilities because they might reduce, for example, low-grade inflammation. Coffee has been associated with decreased in population studies to the risk of type 2 diabetes.

There are others associated with coffee beneficial effects on health.

On the other hand, the researchers point out, studies on the connection between coffee and the reduction of dementia are not clear-cut. Dementia diagnoses may have varied. Coffee drinkers may have lifestyles that promote brain health.

Information was in this study from two large follow-up studies, one of which included women in the field of health care and the other included men. More than 11,000 subjects were diagnosed with dementia, which was more than 130,000 at baseline.

At baseline, the subjects were on average over forty and fifty years old, depending on the data, and did not have dementia.

They were asked every four years about their diet and evaluate the state of one’s cognitive abilities.

Coffee those who drank the most had, on average, an 18 percent lower risk of dementia compared to those who drank little or no coffee. It was about caffeinated coffee. It was observed in tea drinkers 14 percent loweri risk of dementia.

The same results were not observed with decaffeinated coffee. According to the study, it suggests that caffeine may protect cognitive abilities by refreshing brain chemistry.

However, the benefit of drinking coffee remained, even when taking into account, for example, medication, education, socio-economic status and various health data.

More cups did not bring any additional benefit. On the other hand, cup sizes can vary. If a cup refers to the US volume measure cup, it would be just under 2.4 deciliters. Or a cup of coffee can be less.

In his comments in the message, the researchers state that they are not urging anyone to start drinking coffee just to prevent dementia. The benefit emerges from the material, but is not very large.

Memory disease can be prevented with a varied and healthy diet, exercising regularly, avoiding smoking, being socially active and exercising the brain, summarizes in Finland Memory stick.