Scientists have identified the next benefit from drinking coffee
Last reviewed: 23.11.2021
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Coffee is a drink that causes many conflicting opinions about its usefulness. However, scientists continue to find new advantages in its use.
So, more recently, specialists representing Harvard University, conducted a large-scale study, which involved about 130 thousand volunteers. The experiment lasted for more than four years.
The authors of the experiment found that regular use of natural coffee has a positive effect on the function of the central nervous system. In addition, a number of diseases have been identified, in which coffee can become a kind of medicinal product.
For example, the study found that an invigorating morning drink can block the development of a large number of neurodegenerative disorders - and this is a whole group of pathologies that occur against the background of destructive processes in the brain, which ultimately leads to dementia and cardinal personality changes.
Coffee contains a lot of substances useful for the body - including important microelements, which play a preventive role in the development of liver cirrhosis.
Regular use of the drink positively affects the pancreas, providing reliable protection against the onset of diabetes.
At the same time, the scientists made an unexpected and important conclusion: those subjects who drank quite a large volume of coffee daily - at least six cups a day - did not have an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular failure. Moreover, it was the use of six cups of the drink that turned out to be the most optimal for providing a therapeutic effect. True, with the caveat: coffee should be natural and freshly brewed. But the elderly experts still do not advise drinking more than 2-3 cups throughout the day.
Another positive conclusion: intermittent use of caffeine prevented the appearance of cardiac arrhythmias, namely, atrial fibrillation. However, here again there is a note: if an arrhythmia is already present, then with coffee one must be careful.
The following information for consideration: average doses of caffeine, corresponding to approximately six cups, can prevent the development of pathologies such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, etc.
Nevertheless, according to experts at Harvard University, we should not hastily embark on such a "treatment" with the help of coffee. With this drink, it's easy to overdo it, since caffeine affects many people in different ways - it depends, first of all, on the characteristics of the activity of the central nervous system of a particular person.
It is also not recommended to combine coffee beans and spirits. For example, coffee with cognac or liquor increases the likelihood of developing a heart attack - in fact, while the load on the human heart rises several times.
And finally, one more pleasant property of an invigorating drink, which will appeal to all coffee lovers without exception: brewing and the use of high-quality coffee beans help slow the aging processes in the body.
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