Alzheimer’s disease and coffee

Over the past few years there has been increasing interest in the health benefits of coffee, as coffee consumption has been linked with better cognitive functioning and a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

There are several studies showing that people who drink two or four cups of coffee each day are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s dementia that are people who do not drink coffee.

Scientific studies have shown that caffeine and other substances in coffee have a number of different effects on the brain that would be expected to improve one’s chances of avoiding dementia.

In one findings, shows that caffeinated coffee induces an increase in blood levels of growth factors GCSF (granulocyte colony stimulating factor). Researchers note that moderate coffee drinking (4 to 5 cups per day) starting in middle age may provide protection for Alzheimer’s symptoms and disease.

Based on animal study data, caffeine may prevent Alzheimer’s disease by protecting against beta-amyloid toxicity through adenosine A1 receptor inhibition.

Coffee also reduces inflammation and improves the health of the endothelial lining of arteries. Some substances in coffee also have significant antioxidant effects.

Together these beneficial effects of coffee offer the brain protection from some of the primary pathological processes that cause Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disease to progress.

In Canadian Study of Health and Aging, daily coffee drinking lowered Alzheimer’s risk by 31 percent during five years follow-up.

In addition to direct preventive effects against Alzheimer’s disease, caffeine consumption may also indirectly inhibit cognitive decline via prevention of type II diabetes, a disease associated with accelerated rates of cognitive decline.
Alzheimer’s disease and coffee 

Coffee can reduce risk mental decline

Most people known that a cup of coffee can increase mental alertness and concentration and counteract the effects of tiredness and fatique.

Regular coffee consumption may reduce the risk of mental decline, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. An important European study from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands, suggest that older men may benefit mentally from regular and moderate coffee consumption and that three cups of coffee a day could slow the loss of mental function in men.

The elderly have a higher level of adenosine a brain chemical that weakens gamma rhythms, which are involved in memory and learning processes.

The caffeine appears to reduce the risk of memory loss and Alzheimer’s by blocking the effects of adenosine.

Coffee is brimming with anti-oxidants. Best results are reached when drink coffee from freshly grounded beans.
Coffee can reduce risk mental decline