The More
Coffee, the Better!
For people
like me who love their morning coffee but have always been told that drinking a
lot of coffee has negative effects, this study is showing otherwise! Research
on people who drink moderate amounts of coffee, around five 8 ounce cups a day,
shows to have a lower risk of obtaining chronic diseases as well as how this
can slightly increase lifespan. Large studies were done on males and females
from ages 25 to 75. There findings concluded that moderate amounts of coffee
can show decreased risk for heart disease, type II diabetes, neurological
disorders, and suicide.
Coffee has
several benefits such as antioxidants, magnesium and other
chemicals that can improve insulin sensitivity and it can also reduce chronic
inflammation. This study argues that coffee (regular or decaf) has more
benefits than it does negative impacts!
Also mentioned in this study was the possibility of
coffee being an antidepressant. There was not enough data for this conclusion
to be sufficient, but there was evidence to show that there was a less risk of
suicide in those who drank more than in those who did not. Overall this study
concluded that coffee can lead to a longer and happier life!
Reference:
Nierenberg,
C. (2015, November 16). Coffee Drinkers, Perk Up: 1 to 5 Cups Daily May Reduce
Risk of Early Death. Retrieved November 30, 2015, from
http://www.livescience.com/52820-coffee-daily-lowers-death-risk.html
Jessica, I found your post to be very interesting. It is reassuring to see positive feedback about the drink that so many of us depend upon on a daily basis. The study you examined only looked at those above 25 years of age. However, I have noticed a trend of individuals beginning to drink coffee regularly at a younger and younger age. I wondered whether this might be a good thing or a bad thing. I did some research and found that in a study done in secondary school children, increased coffee and caffeine intake was correlated to increased anxiety and depression. This is a worrisome finding when we do not often hear about the potential dangers of coffee for this young age group.
ReplyDeleteRichards G, Smith A. Caffeine consumption and self-assessed stress, anxiety, and depression in secondary school children. J Psychopharmacol (Oxford). 2015;29(12):1236-47.
I also found this study incredibly interesting! It's definitely a different outlook considering everyone always says that coffee intake must be reduced due to the health concerns. A study completed this year revealed the effects of caffeine intake on schizophrenia patients. This study explored 52 schizophrenic patients and 61 healthy patients; verbal fluency, processing speed and working, visual and verbal memory were assessed. The results showed that male schizophrenic patients showed that caffeine intake had beneficial effects but only with complex tasks while the female patients and the controls were unaffected. These articles are interesting because it could show a different/beneficial side to caffeine and could be beneficial for schizophrenic patients as well as healthy.
ReplyDeleteNunez, C., Stephan-Otto, C., Cuevas-Esteban, J., Maria Haro, H., Huerta-Ramos, E., Ochoa, S., Usall, J., Brebion, G. Psychiatry Res. 2015 Nov 21. pii: S0165-1781(15)30679-X. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.11.022. [Epub ahead of print]
I just recently started drinking a lot of coffee to get me through school, but I didn't before because of all the negative things I had heard it caused such as stunting your growth and whatnot (although not drinking it didn't help because I am only 5'3 :/ ...). But recently I stumbled upon an article that talked about how caffeine can reduce the risk of diseases such as parkinson's disease! Caffeine essentially blocks the adenosine receptors which are responsible for decreasing locomotion and movement when activated. By blocking these receptors, there is actually an improvement in motor deficits. Although this isn't a cure, it helps delay the development, which is pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteHere is the link of the article I am referring to: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/ana.1052/asset/1052_ftp.pdf?v=1&t=ihmkygl6&s=bc8660a822a7749d3149cfe80c191a194d40bd00