Coffee reduces the risk of Alzheimer's

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Stockholm - A new study finds that coffee may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease and some forms of dementia other, but the results of this study did not reach beyond a recommendation or call to address this drink for the prevention of dementia.

The research team from Sweden and Denmark to study the effects of coffee consumption to a group of 1409 people, men and women in middle age, and followed for periods averaging 21 years.

The television (Island) space on Dr Miia Kevibelto Professor of Neurology Karolinska Institute, Stockholm medical saying, "It is an attempt to monitor and control, is not considered that they had reached a sufficient evidence to those who do not take coffee to be addressed will have a preventive effect."

After accounting for or neutralize the role of social and economic factors and health, including high cholesterol levels and blood pressure, researchers found that study participants ate three to five cups of coffee a day were less vulnerable to risk of dementia compared with participants compared to only eat two cups or less.