Drinking coffee can help prevent dementia, just don't overdo it

Drinking coffee can help prevent dementia, just don't overdo it: "However, caffeine influences Aβ levels through a complex interplay involving adenosine receptors, and over or under activation of the adenosine system may result in impaired memory functioning, the authors explained.
“These findings from the Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging suggested that cognitively normal older individuals who never or rarely consumed coffee and those who increased their coffee consumption habits had a higher risk of developing MCI.”
“Therefore, moderate and regular coffee consumption may have neuroprotective effects also against MCI confirming previous studies on the long-term protective effects of coffee, tea, or caffeine consumption and plasma levels of caffeine against cognitive decline and dementia,” concluded investigators Vincenzo Solfrizzi, MD, PhD, and Francesco Panza, MD, PhD."



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