Coffee protects against certain diseases. What is it?

A Canadian science group found that when coffee was roasted, special substances were shown to prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

ScienceDaily reports that a group of scientists from the University of Toronto and the Crimpell Research Institute studied three different types of coffee, namely: light roasting, well-prepared cooking with caffeine and sauces without caffeine. Scientists have discovered that the latter two types prevent cognitive impairment associated with aging, usually associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, which means that the positive effect of coffee is not caffeine but another compound produced during the roasting process.

After performing the necessary analysis, it turned out that this compound was phenylindan, an antioxidant that prevents the formation of so-called amyloid plaques – the neurotransmitter responsible for dementia.

Phenylindane is a unique compound because it is the only one discovered in this study that inhibits the accumulation of beta amyloid and tau proteins responsible for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, according to Donald Weaver.

Source: Novosti