Drinking coffee in moderation during middle age may reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in the elderly, says a new study.
Researchers in Finland and Sweden, examined the records of people who drank coffee-drinking habits were recorded in 1409 when at maturity.
Those who drank three to five cups of coffee per day at maturity are much less likely had developed Alzheimer’s disease or dementia in monitoring or controlling more than two decades later, the researchers said in the January issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
“Given the large amount of coffee consumption worldwide, these findings may have important implications for preventing or delaying the emergence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, Miia Kivipelto, researcher at the University of Kuopio, Finland and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, said in a press release.
“The findings must be confirmed by other studies, but it leaves open the possibility that dietary intervention can modify the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. They may also assist in developing new therapies for this disease.”
The researchers took into account that previous studies have shown that coffee increases cognitive performance, and it seems that caffeine reduces the risk of Parkinson’s disease.
The researchers say that the coffee did not know how to provide protection against dementia, but the coffee has also been linked with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes, dementia risk factors.
effect may have something to do with coffee as an antioxidant capacity of blood. The study also showed that the tea was not associated with reduced risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.