anti aging

Who would have thought that America’s most loved drink could prevent Alzheimer’s but even work to treat patients who may be suffering from the disease? Through many studies and plenty of research, evidence shows that drinking coffee may well be the answer.

You see, in an Alzheimer patient, the brain carries higher levels of a protein known as beta-amyloid. In research, it was shown that when caffeine was introduced the levels of this protein dramatically decreased which could mean that coffee could be the answer many people have been looking for in preventing and treating Alzheimer’s.

Of course, this research and studies have only been conducted on mice, but the results are spectacular. When the mice were introduced five hundred milligrams of caffeine a day, which is the same as five mugs of coffee for us humans, the results were astounding. For mice without Alzheimer’s it was proven to provide protection for their existing memory. While in mice that had evidence of Alzheimer, with high levels of the protein beta-amyloid was proven that caffeine would reduce the levels of this protein.

What does this mean for humans? Well it means that while we have always been told that coffee is bad for us, we can one again enjoy that refreshing cup of coffee, knowing that now it may well help in keeping us healthy. Will the human race embrace this? Well change is not always well accepted.

For so many years, it has been driven into our heads that drinking coffee would do nothing but harm us. In fact, I remember my great-grandfather making me promise him that I would never drink coffee and I haven’t ever touched a cup of coffee in all my thirty years. However, after all the scientific research showing me those five cups of coffee each day might help in keeping me healthy, I may well have to go enjoy my first cup. I love the smell, it is always so tempting, but every time I think about it, the words echo in my head from my great-grandfather, promise me you will never drink coffee.

# posted by Swathi @ 1:32 AM