I think we've heard this before, but saw an item out of the Krembil Brain Institute in Toronto who examined 3 types of coffee for a cluster of compounds called phenylindanes, which stops two proteins common in Alzheimers and Parkinson's from thickening.
Of light, dark and decaffeinated roast, the DARK roasts contained the most phenylindanes, and it didn't seem to matter whether the coffee was caffeinated or not.
"It's the first time anybody's investigated how phenylindanes interact with the proteins responsible for AD and PD" said Ross Mancini, research fellow involved in the study which was published in the research journal Frontiers in Neurosciences last month.
(abbreviated from the Vancouver Sun). Drink up!!
Anne G.
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Thanks for that! interesting! My hubby stopped drinking coffee as he got the 'shakes' from too much stimulation, nothing to do with Parkinson's at the time. Would have suggested he drink more it had seen this. And he only drank instant!
So true...I've got one of those non-urgent heart arrhythmias and the doc said "cut down on full caffeine coffee". Hubby did the same time I did - completely switched to decaf - but I wish he hadn't, now that I read this!! Some years back I started again with one fully (very fully..!) caffeinated coffee per day. So far so good, heart wise - but I do have to b sure it's early enough in the day.......
A.G.
Larry’s been drinking coffee all his life morning, noon and night. Hasn’t seem to have helped. Maybe he would be worse if he hadn’t. Who knows? There is no easy fix for neurological diseases as we all know all to well.
Possibly dark coffee isn't strong enough to overcome rogue Tau! ...but it may be good for those of us in 'normal range' to maintain health so we can continue to maintain our caregiver strength
... and that's why I drink a lot of coffee. By the way, coffee goes great with a little Bailey's, Kahlua - most liqueurs for that matter and even scotch. If one needs to drink a lot of coffee, then you might as well take it up a notch.
Thanks, Anne. Going to pick up some dark roast at Starbuck's for my husband. If you hear of any studies of benefits of single malt Scotch, please post (tee hee).
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