The Study Warns of Too Much Coffee Consumption

A study of more than 1,400 Italian seniors finds links between patterns of Coffee consumption and their risk for “mild cognitive impairment” declines in memory and thinking that are often a precursor to dementia.

However, a more recent research suggests that it’s misleading to offer coffee as an all-round protective shield, as its effect is closely related to the way one’s coffee consumption habits modify over time.

The working theory also said that this cognitive decline caused by coffee would eventually lead to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

The researchers looked at the coffee drinking habits of 1,445 individuals recruited from 5,632 subjects aged 65 to 84 year from the Italian Longitudinal Study on Ageing (ILSA) who were followed up for an average of three-and-a-half years.

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Researchers found moderate levels of caffeine protected the brain against rogue proteins that destroy neurons leading to memory loss.

However, the new study says that those who increase consumption over time can actually exhibit a higher risk for MCI.

Healthday reports that moderate coffee drinkers -those who drank one to two cups of coffee a day- were at lower risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) juxtapose non-coffee drinkers or those whose coffee drinking habits were very inconsistent.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the fact that caffeine is not habit-forming and does not induce dependence.

Researchers noticed that the coffee’s acidity, as well as the stimulating effect it has on people, had to be taken under careful consideration before claiming that increasing one’s coffee consumption also increases protection against some diseases.

While the new study doesn’t purport to prove causation, the findings support previous research pointing to the neurological benefits of the caffeinated beverage.

The researchers said: ‘More sensitive outcomes such as findings from neuro-imaging studies should become available from experimental data so further explaining the mechanisms underlying the neuroprotective effects of coffee, tea and caffeine consumption.

“Larger studies with longer follow-up periods should be encouraged … so hopefully opening new ways for diet-related prevention of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease”, one of the authors said in a statement.