Protect your brain with daily caffeine
It seems there’s no end to new reasons to drink coffee. From PhysOrg:
“A daily dose of caffeine blocks the disruptive effects of high cholesterol that scientists have linked to Alzheimer’s disease. A study in the open access publication, Journal of Neuroinflammation revealed that caffeine equivalent to just one cup of coffee a day could protect the blood-brain barrier (BBB) from damage that occurred with a high-fat diet.”
We’re all equipped with a blood-brain barrier, which acts as a filter to isolate the brain from chemicals found in your body that shouldn’t be in your brain. One reason high cholesterol is bad for your brain is that it damages the blood-brain barrier to the point that it’s not as good at keeping harmful chemicals out.
Though this study found that daily caffeine helps protect the blood-brain barrier in rabbits, it’s still (sadly) too early for coffee drinkers to cast away fears of fat intake. Even if the results translate to humans, a high-fat diet is bad for your body and brain in a number of other ways. Still, this is one more reason to appreciate your morning java.
Jun 13, 2008
I’ve already protected my brain once today, and now I’m going to go and do it again. Sometimes I like to terrify myself with the thought “What if coffee didn’t exist?”. It’s such an horrendous thought.
Aug 23, 2008
Coffe and tea is the essential part of the balance diet. A research team claim this but after reading this post now this claim has been authenticated.
Aug 26, 2008
One coffee per day that’s enough, some professional peoples are taking too much of coffee in there cabin, that’s dangerous for health, “Too much of anything is good for nothing” so that take care of your brain.
Nov 23, 2009
I’m suprised that coffee can protect brain but am told that according to some comprehensive research on effects of coffee,it brings a great damage to the frontal lobe of the brain!why should we use it then if its disadvantages outweighs its advantages.thanx for the article