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Coffee Consumption Strongly Linked To Preventing Alzheimer's

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday June 6, 2012 @05:09AM from the eight-cups-a-day-keeps-the-mind-sharp dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Those cups of coffee that you drink every day to keep alert appear to have an extra perk — especially if you're an older adult. A recent study monitoring the memory and thinking processes of people older than 65 found that all those with higher blood caffeine levels avoided the onset of Alzheimer's disease in the two-to-four years of study follow-up. Moreover, coffee appeared to be the major or only source of caffeine for these individuals."

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Re:So, I suspect that a good strong cup of tea ... by m00sh · 2012-06-06 05:22 · Score: 5, Interesting

No, tea won't work.

Most recently, they reported that caffeine interacts with a yet unidentified component of coffee to boost blood levels of a critical growth factor that seems to fight off the Alzheimer’s disease process.