Daily Caffeine Protects Your Brain

Chroniton writes "The BBC has a story that many Slashdot geeks will be happy to hear: the caffeine from a cup of coffee a day can help prevent Dementia, by blocking the damage of cholesterol. (At least in rabbits) This is in addition to the already-known protection against Alzheimer's Disease. More research is needed to test the effect on humans."

Braiiiins

[McGiraf]

Braiiiins

How odd

[Anonymous Coward]

That's funny, because the more cups of coffee I drink, the crazier everyone else says I am. I must just be the only sane one, sitting here rearranging my pencils after my eighth cup this morning.

How could they possibly know this?

[LaughingCoder]

Surely the number of rabbits who enjoy a daily cup of coffee is such a small population as to be statistically insignificant.

Demented rabbits?

[unstable23]

How do they know?

As anyone who's ever owned a rabbit will tell you, they're pretty demented to begin with.

And a rabbit on caffeine is just plain scary.

Thisisgreatnews!

[An anonymous reader]

Caffeineisthebest!NowIdonthavetoworryaboutdementiaoralzheinersdiseases.Ivolunteertobethefirsthumantestsubject!AsamatteroffactIjusthadtwelvecupsofcoffeerightbeforeipostedthis!:-)Nowiamgoingtovacumthefloorsinmyoffice,Ihatedirtyfeet!Haveagreatdayeveryone!

A ha!

[invisibleairwaves]

The secret to the energizer bunny's longevity revealed!

Re:god damn it

[Anonymous Coward]

blocking the damage of cholesterol. (At least in rabbits) This is in addition to the already-known protection against Alzheimer's Disease.

Perhaps then Alzheimer's is caused by cholesterol damage? You know, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then... what was I about to say? Ah, yes, then, perhaps eating too much duck meat is bad for your cholesterol if you are a rabbit?

Who ARE You ?!?

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Re:Hmm yes

[Doc Ri]

A glass of wine is good, too. A bottle? Perhaps not.

This is why I own glasses that can hold the entire content of a bottle.

Re:god damn it

[bondjamesbond]

I would hate to eat a stake every day... now a STEAK, on the other hand, would be awesome. I just don't have the budget right now.

Re:god damn it

[Anonymous Coward]

most cholesterol is produced in you body and has little to do with what you eat e.g. some people can eat stake all day and be fine other can eat nothing but lattice and have a cholesterol problem.

You are entirely correct, sir. If you eat pointy sticks all day, there's no way you will be getting excess cholesterol, whereas eating pastries all day can't be good for you.

Re:How could they possibly know this?

[loftwyr]

Yes, but the number of rabbits with dementia is huge based on my cartoon viewing. So at least they have a good sized population to test it with.

Perhaps we should start testing with ducks next. I've never seen a non-demented duck.

Re:god damn it

[tkdtaylor]

Well Stake and Lattice are all fiber anyways ;)
I hope you're not eating the pressure treated kind.

Re:Caffeine or coffee?

[aadvancedGIR]

Shut up and buy what the study sponsor wants to sell you.

Re:god damn it

[Kingrames]

Most slashdotters are the vampire type, and eating stake would be very bad for their health.

Re:god damn it

[Reverend528]

other can eat nothing but lattice and have a cholesterol problem.

my cholesterol is fine, but the crystals keep chipping my teeth.

Re:god damn it

[Lumpy]

Either way it's good for your Colon. and high fiber diets are known to reduce Cholesterol.

The pressure treated will give you lots of copper in your diet.. If you get to the chewey center, then it has less of the green stuff in it.

Re:god damn it

[Anonymous Coward]

a bit more exercise would help a world more than changing you diet.

Exercise? The cure sounds worse than the disease!

Re:How could they possibly know this?

[solraith]

You're dethpicable.

Re:god damn it

[somersault]

Not yet - reduce the daily dosage steadily every 3 days - half a scoop of grounds per day should be manageable - until you're down at about 2 scoops per day. Then comes the tricky part. You should be able to work your way back to mugs, but be careful not to bite down on the rim. Your body will also be used to a steady stream of caffeine, so keep it coming regularly at first - say a cup every half hour, otherwise you get those monkey on your back cravings and may find yourself climbing up the side of your building naked while listening to the 2001 OST and flinging faeces at people. That only happened one time though; I've now learned to be more careful when easing off after a deadline.

Good luck.

Re:god damn it

[RealErmine]

some people can eat stake all day

*Not recommended for vampires.

BUNNIES SCIENTIFIC FACTS

[The Redster!]

*looks at coffee cup*

...

"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!"

(Bunnies can't do scientific research)

(but - THEY - CAN - DANCE)

Re:god damn it

[zotz]

"most cholesterol is produced in you body and has little to do with what you eat e.g. some people can eat stake all day and be fine other can eat nothing but lattice and have a cholesterol problem."

I am not sure I wood eat either one of those. Wood you? ~;-)

all the best,

drew

Re:How odd

[Kamineko]

Here's a challenge. Try to arrange six pencils of the same length so that they're all touching every other pencil.

Without snapping or disintergrating them.

Recommended daily allowance?

[Samedi1971]

I thought my rabbit was going to be perfectly healthy on a diet of hay and fresh greens. How many cups of coffee should he be drinking daily to be safe?

Adopt a rabbit! [rabbit.org]

Re:My only problem is..

[Anonymous Coward]

I got down to a cup a week once. No Pro-plus or Red Bull substitution either.

However I also developed an alcohol problem at the same time.

Actually, I think the one dose of coffee had liqueur in it.

Based upon my experiences, you should drink lots of coffee to prevent alcoholism.

Re:god damn it

[springbox]

other can eat nothing but lattice and have a cholesterol problem.

The mathematician's diet.

Re:god damn it

[spun]

No, no, listen. Cholesterol is a type of fat. Fat floats. You know what else floats? Ducks! So you shouldn't eat anything that weighs as much as a duck. And you should dunk your rabbits in coffee before eating them.

Re:god damn it

[Anonymous Coward]

Who wood eat nothing but stakes or lattice anyway?

Re:You wrecked it! ;)

[Kozz]

Please be makink komments on Digg, kthnx'ink ;)

Pitr, is that beink you?

I eat nothing but cardboard boxes...

[AioKits]

...and have coffee in the morning, water in the afternoon and vodka in the evening! I'm healthy as a horse! Save for the fact I now get erections when I walk by cardboard boxes...

Re:exercise

[Mister Whirly]

"There are lower-impact sports, such as cycling"

Ah, but the trade-off there is that you have to wear those fruity little pants. No thanks, I'll risk the knee injuries.

Re:god damn it

[russotto]

Sun? What is this "sun" you speak of?

Re:god damn it

[Sanat]

No, this is the garden variety diet

Re:god damn it

[2nd Post!]

They own Java, though I didn't know that contained caffeine.

Re:Makes a kind of sense.

[dotancohen]

My 82 yr old dad suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's, and I can't recall him being a coffee drinker.

If you can't recall it, maybe you've proved the genetic link.