geeek coffee
I just needed coffee. For no reason in particular. Its a comfort food. Like chocolate chip cookies.So I wonder why is that so. And I wonder what coffee can do for us physiologically. We hear stuff all the time about the good and bad of certain food. How red wine is a good antioxidant, how beer can be beneficial too.. what about coffee? And since I have access to research journals, I decided to check it out.
Though alas, most of the publications were in somewhat obscure journals that my institute does not subscribe to. All I have is their abstract which I guess, says enough. I mean who is going to plough through all those papers unless you are really into that area of research?
Coffee consumption is a regular part of daily life throughout the world. Research into the effects of coffee on human health is ongoing, but a recent study suggests that coffee and caffeine consumption can reduce the risk of elevated alanine aminotransferase activity in individuals at high risk for liver disease.
--Nutr Rev. 2006 Jan;64(1):43-6.
Parkinson disease (PD) is of unknown but presumably multifactorial etiology... ... Recent epidemiologic studies have focused on the possible role of environmental risk factors present during adult life or aging. Smoking and coffee drinking have consistently been identified to have protective associations, whereas roles of other risk factors such as pesticide and infections have been reported in some studies but not replicated in others.
-- Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Sep;113(9):1234-8.
Epidemiological and experimental studies have shown positive effects of regular coffee-drinking on various aspects of health, such as psychoactive responses (alertness, mood change), neurological (infant hyperactivity, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases) and metabolic disorders (diabetes, gallstones, liver cirrhosis), and gonad and liver function.
-- Br J Nutr. 2005 Jun;93(6):773-82.
Emerging epidemiological evidence suggests that higher coffee consumption may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes... ...In the cross-sectional studies conducted in northern Europe, southern Europe, and Japan, higher coffee consumption was consistently associated with a lower prevalence of newly detected hyperglycemia, particularly postprandial hyperglycemia. CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review supports the hypothesis that habitual coffee consumption is associated with a substantially lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Longer-term intervention studies of coffee consumption and glucose metabolism are warranted to examine the mechanisms underlying the relationship between coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes
-- JAMA. 2005 Jul 6;294(1):97-104.
Caffeine is the most commonly consumed drug in the world, and athletes frequently use it as an ergogenic aid. It improves performance and endurance during prolonged, exhaustive exercise. To a lesser degree it also enhances short-term, high-intensity athletic performance. Caffeine improves concentration, reduces fatigue, and enhances alertness... ... It is relatively safe and has no known negative performance effects, nor does it cause significant dehydration or electrolyte imbalance during exercise. Routine caffeine consumption may cause tolerance or dependence, and abrupt discontinuation produces irritability, mood shifts, headache, drowsiness, or fatigue.
-- Curr Sports Med Rep. 2003 Aug;2(4):213-9.
it is concluded that for the healthy adult population, moderate daily caffeine intake at a dose level up to 400 mg day(-1) (equivalent to 6 mg kg(-1) body weight day(-1) in a 65-kg person) is not associated with adverse effects such as general toxicity, cardiovascular effects, effects on bone status and calcium balance (with consumption of adequate calcium), changes in adult behaviour, increased incidence of cancer and effects on male fertility
-- Food Addit Contam. 2003 Jan;20(1):1-30
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