Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Coffee does not prevent the aging brain

Previously, some studies claim coffee efficacious protect the brain from aging. However, a study in Finland concluded: there was no relationship between coffee consumption and brain aging. This study actually found that coffee can not prevent the aging brain, both in women and men.

Dr.Laitala and colleagues from the University of Helsinki, to take data eating habits of coffee on a number of people from various strata of social, demographic, and health levels in a large population of twin pairs, starting when their average age 50.

As a result, 75 percent of men and 83 percent of women drank more than three cups per day. With only four percent in the group of men and one percent in the group of women who do not have a habit of drinking coffee daily.

Now, when the population studied an average of over 74 years old. The researchers conducted telephone interviews with 2060 study participants (48 percent female) to specifically look at the cognitive abilities decline and dementia.

Researchers found that as you age, every year there kemuduran of thinking skills regardless of gender. "Consuming coffee in middle age do not make them more protected from dementia. "

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