Lovers of coffee - the healthy brain

American scientists have found direct evidence that intake of coffee reduces the risk of dementia, or delay its progression. We are also talking about other beverages containing caffeine.

The study was conducted by researchers from the College of Pharmacology at the University of South Florida and the Institute of Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute at the University of Miami. Experts watched the 124 volunteers aged 65 to 88 years, living in the cities of Tampa and Miami.

All of them at the start of observations had mild cognitive impairment. Patients have had difficulty with short memory, they were found characteristic Alzheimer   pathological processes in the brain. The researchers decided to focus on these people because all they had to become full-fledged dementia victims for several years.

As the authors write in the journal Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, caffeine had on the volunteers simply did a fantastic impact. All 100% (!) Of victims of mild cognitive impairment, whose level of caffeine in plasma was able to increase above the critical, Alzheimer's disease   for two to four years and did not come.

"These are very intriguing results suggest that older adults with mild memory impairment that would drink three cups of coffee a day will not be a victim of Alzheimer's disease, or will be able to significantly delay the onset of this incurable disease - said in a statement, scientists from Florida. - Our study, along with some of our other work shows that regular consumption of coffee is a reliable protection against the development of Alzheimer's disease. "

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