The link was found from a study of the health records of 204,847 people in the UK, aged between 40 and 69 at the start of the study period, by researchers from institutions across China. The records included both coffee consumption habits and the diagnosis of dementia cases, over an average of nine years.
"Higher intake of caffeinated coffee, particularly the unsweetened variety, was associated with reduced risks of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and Parkinson's disease," write the researchers in their published paper. "No such associations were observed for sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened coffee."
About to have my first espresso of the day~~
Timely as I just read @Cje95's post on the link between sleeping pills and Alzheimer's: #858831
I just became completely lucid!
Well done. Such a perfect GIF for this post. 👏
did you notice that the girl is South Korean like OP? Ahahah 🤠
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She looks Chinese
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I strongly doubt it's the coffee.
Instead, anybody who drinks unsweetened coffee is already probably very aware of the negative effects of sugar, and is avoiding it more than other people.
That one factor alone would cause a much lower risk of dementia, because sugar is very strongly linked to dementia.
I'd recommend reading the book The Big Fat Surprise, by Nina Teicholtz. In addition to great information on nutrition, it has some outstanding sections on how studies can be very easily manipulated and distorted, to "show" things that aren't really true.
Yes, it's just observational. And confounding variables are a thing too.
But the evidence is mounting, imo, on the benefits of drinking coffee. As well as on the negative effects of sugar. As well as the ones from highly processed food: #847242.
I think it’s the caffeine
It wouldn't surprise me at all if the funders of these pro-coffee studies were companies somehow related to the coffee industry. Most nutritional studies are funded by corporations.
I don't know how people can drink that stuff.
The closest I get to it is a cup of green tea twice a month maybe.
Great, because this is one of my biggest "vices"
I get a pounding headache 4 hours of not having coffee in the morning.
As someone who regularly takes my coffee black:
Black coffee FTW
I’ve seen similar studies for nicotine
I'm happy I take my coffee black.