Why coffee drinks can help your brain

According to a study, coffee could reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

A new study by the Clemmville Brain Institute of the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto, Canada, is expected to make a decisive breakthrough in how coffee consumption contributes to brain health.

Donald Weaver, one of the co-leaders of the Clemmville Brain Institute, said: "Coffee consumption seems to correlate with reduced risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's." We wanted to study which constituents are involved and how it affects the decline of aging decline. "

Dr. Weber collaborated with Dr. Mancini and Dr. The researchers tested three types of coffee with different levels of roasting.

"Experiments have shown that black roast coffee with caffeine and decaffeinated black coffee without caffeine have the same effect," said Dr. Mancini. I therefore observed very early that this protective effect is not due to caffeine. "

Dr. Mancini discovered a component called phenylindane from roasted coffee beans. Phenylindane is the only compound studied in this study for its effect on beta-amyloid and tau. Beta amyloid and tau are protein fragments badociated with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

"We discovered that phenylindane was a double inhibitor – it was an unexpected but very interesting result." Dark roasted coffee was found to be more effective than light roast coffee because the amount of phenylindane increased with roasting.

"This is the first study to examine the interaction of phenylindans with proteins badociated with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease," said Mancini. The next step is to see how this compound can be beneficial and get into the bloodstream or the blood-brain barrier. "

Weber pointed out that this compound is a natural compound and can be a great benefit. "Mother Nature can make these compounds as chemists much better than us.It is better to grow, harvest and extract crops than to make complex compounds directly."

But acknowledged that more research is needed to convert into potential treatment options. "This study is based on epidemiological evidence that the compounds found in coffee can help prevent cognitive decline, and interestingly, coffee is not a cure," he added.

The study was published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, an international journal of neuroscience.

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