Plenty of coffee helps smokers avoid heart attack

Specialists have made an interesting discovery that will help people with a bad habit, in particular smoking. As scientists have stated, if a person cannot for some reason give up his addiction to smoking, he can reduce the harmful effects on the body using very simple and accessible methods. Scientists have determined that such familiar drinks as tea and coffee help improve the condition of the cardiovascular system.

In Sweden, a group of specialists from Karolinska University found in a series of experiments that tea and coffee reduce the risk of developing a heart attack, which occurs as a result of circulatory arrest. In addition, these drinks help protect the brain from the development of atherosclerosis. Scientists attribute this discovery more to male smokers. Experts noted that such drinks have a pronounced antioxidant property and are able to prevent the negative effects caused by smoking. In addition, it is worth noting that such results were not obtained in one day. In this area, research was conducted for quite a long time - specialists spent thirteen years on this work! Twenty-six thousand male smokers who were residents of Finland took part in the experiment. All men, for their own reasons, could not give up smoking. In the process of observing the health of the experiment participants, scientists were able to establish some rather interesting details. As it turned out, if a man drank at least eight cups of coffee daily, the risk of developing a brain attack and heart problems decreased by 23%. If a man preferred at least two cups of strong coffee, then in this case, of course, there was a decrease in the risk of developing heart attacks, but not significantly. After the study, experts are sure that smokers should not deny themselves the pleasure of drinking several cups of coffee, and it can be consumed in fairly large doses. The positive effect of coffee can be explained by the fact that the drink contains a phenolic composition. This means that the drink contains plant-based components that affect inflammatory processes in the body caused by smoking and prevent their further development.

Smoking is one of the main causes of coronary artery disease, which in turn causes myocardial infarction. Smokers are prone to developing atherosclerosis, when arteries become clogged, and other pathologies that affect the human cardiovascular system. The very fact of smoking increases the risk of coronary artery disease, and if other factors are added to this, the disease has a greater chance of developing. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine and carbon monoxide, which reduce the supply of oxygen to the blood and have a destructive effect on the heart and blood vessels. Cigarette smoke reduces the elasticity of blood vessels, causes their damage, promotes the formation of cholesterol plaques, and thickens the blood. As a result, normal blood supply to the brain or heart can stop at any time, and coffee can reduce all these negative consequences.

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