Good news for Starbucks: There may be fewer stores 20 years from now, but customers should remember
how to find them. The New York Times reports that research conducted at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm suggests that people who drink three to five cups of coffee daily are 65 percent less likely to develop dementia, compared with those who drink two cups or less. Why might that be?
The researchers recall that earlier studies have linked coffee consumption with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes,
which is associated with a greater risk of dementia, and that caffeine has been shown to reduce the formation of
amyloid plaques in the brain, which are associated with Alzheimer’s
disease. Also, the Times reports, coffee may have an antioxidant effect in the bloodstream, reducing vascular risk factors for dementia.
Grab a cup o joe and read more in the New York Times.
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What about tea? Produces less weight gain. Coffee has made my weight go up if I drink more than 2 cups of coffee a day.
Tea however doesn’t do that.
Oh, maybe it’s my powdered creamer making the weight go up by a couple pounds a week.
What ever it is. I like to keep my weight down and it’s hard enough to do that at 55.