Caffeine appears to reduce the volume of gray matter, effect being reversible
kgin 2021-08-18 20:31:56 +0000 UTC [ - ]
Intuitively, this seems like a reason to quit coffee. But study after study seems to suggest moderate coffee consumption (under 6 cups daily) is associated with less Alzheimer’s, less Parkinson’s, dementia of any sort, better memory… not to mention other nice things like lower incidence of diabetes and longer lifespan. Super interesting all around.
kwertyoowiyop 2021-08-18 12:34:26 +0000 UTC [ - ]
It must be hard to do double-blind studies about caffeine, since at a typical dose it’d easy to tell the difference between caffeine and a placebo.
systemsignal 2021-08-18 17:43:09 +0000 UTC [ - ]
Bigger problem is probably just the sample size of 20 and sampling given that it was likely just college students
jrootabega 2021-08-18 12:42:54 +0000 UTC [ - ]
Especially considering these subjects all drank coffee daily, so the placebo group would experience withdrawal.
spayce 2021-08-18 13:43:30 +0000 UTC [ - ]
“20 healthy young individuals” “given tablets to take over two 10-day periods”. Mkay…
southeastern 2021-08-18 12:41:13 +0000 UTC [ - ]
>In the CAIDE study, coffee drinking of 3-5 cups per day at midlife was associated with a decreased risk of dementia/AD by about 65% at late-life. In conclusion, coffee drinking may be associated with a decreased risk of dementia/AD. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20182054/
>Conducted at UniSA's Australian Centre for Precision Health at SAHMRI and a team of international researchers*, the study assessed the effects of coffee on the brain among 17,702 UK Biobank participants (aged 37-73), finding that those who drank more than six cups of coffee a day had a 53 per cent increased risk of dementia https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/527517