Daily Caffeine Protects Your Brain 325
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."
Re:Forgot the difference (Score:4, Informative)
Dementia is just a general term for (usually) old-age brain rot.
for the scientifically minded (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/5/1/12 [jneuroinflammation.com]
I think its safe to say I wouldn't read much into this yet. How many times has medicine been burned by animal studies and other type of non-randomized lower quality studies in the past, only to have well done follow-up studies disprove the originals.
Re:god damn it (Score:3, Informative)
the thyroid will convert it into hormones, and most of your body-generated cholesterol gets converted into bile.
Re:Caffeine or coffee? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:god damn it (Score:5, Informative)
Which brings up another point: some people are more susceptible to the effects of high blood cholesterol than others. Unless you know for sure which group you're in (and who really does?), don't you think you should use a little discretion in choosing your diet? Furthermore, by getting your daily fat intake from vegetable sources, you're doing yourself additional favors, because you are probably also increasing your intake of dietary fiber, bioavailable vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants (which also has an LDL-lowering effect).
You're right about the exercise bit, though. If people spent half as much energy worrying about their exercise regimen as they do fretting about whether they should eat carbs or not, people in general would be a lot healthier. Trust me, once you reach a certain level of daily exertion, your body will burn just about anything efficiently.
Re:I don't think I buy it (Score:3, Informative)
it uses more grounds than drip, but day-amn it's worth it
Re:god damn it (Score:3, Informative)
Re:exercise (Score:2, Informative)