Study: caffeine intake associated with reduced dementia incidence

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I ran across this recent study that finds a correlation between caffeine intake from coffee and tea and significant lower dementia incidence. 2 to 3 chips of coffee and 1 to 2 cups of tea seen to be the optimum dose. At least I'm doing something right with my health...

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2844764

Findings In this prospective cohort study of 131 821 individuals from 2 cohorts with up to 43 years of follow-up, 11 033 dementia cases were documented. Higher caffeinated coffee intake was significantly associated with lower risk of dementia. Decaffeinated coffee intake was not significantly associated with dementia risk.

Meaning Higher caffeinated coffee intake was associated with more favorable cognitive outcomes.
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I can't remember where I put my coffee mug down.

I know one thing that caffeine DOES do for me is it attaches to the same receptors in the brain that adenosine does, and can block the effects of it. Adenosine is a naturally occurring vaso-dialator that is released when the heart muscle is stressed or during super ventricular tachycardia (SVT). It's also one of he same compounds that is given during nuclear cardiac stress tests to simulate stressed heart response. One of the side effects is shortness of breath. A new medication I am taking due to stent placement is Brilinta, a platelet anti-coagulant. It causes a release of adenosine and horrible shortness of breath for a short time. One of the ways around this is to drink a caffeinated beverage about 15-30 minutes before taking it. It works. Dr. Shortyb isn't a real doctor, he just plays one on TV 😁.
 
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Quality of my sleep improved drastically once I went to 0 caffeine. And I was only a 1.5 cup/day drinker.
 
I got a call from a friend the other day that was shocking....
She was diagnosed with dementia about 18 months ago and her kids had to take her cell phone away aa she was getting scammed daily..

Her family put the word out about her rapid decline monthly on social media i heard.

She lives in AZ and I figured it was a long goodbye...

I got this call a few days ago and it was her.... very sharp on current and past events and she told me she went to a new doctor and he put her on a new Dementia med .
So far amazing results.... it did not pry but I will ask her what she is on... she is 78 years old
 
Zee09 said:
I got a call from a friend the other day that was shocking....
She was diagnosed with dementia about 18 months ago and her kids had to take her cell phone away aa she was getting scammed daily..

Her family put the word out about her rapid decline monthly on social media i heard.

She lives in AZ and I figured it was a long goodbye...

I got this call a few days ago and it was her.... very sharp on current and past events and she told me she went to a new doctor and he put her on a new Dementia med .
So far amazing results.... it did not pry but I will ask her what she is on... she is 78 years old
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Any updates on this? My mom's memory is shot and some dementia seems to be starting.
 
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