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Coffee for Your Heart: The Regenerative Power of Caffeine on Vascular Health.<\/a><\/p>\n New research indicates that caffeine consumption may boost vascular health by supporting the regeneration of blood vessel linings.<\/strong><\/p>\n This investigation, conducted by Italian scientists on lupus patients, highlights caffeine\u2019s potential benefits for those at increased risk of vascular diseases due to inflammatory conditions.<\/em><\/p>\n A new study published on October 9 in\u00a0Rheumatology<\/em>\u00a0by Oxford University Press suggests that increased caffeine intake could improve heart health.<\/p>\n Vascular disease, which involves the damage of blood vessels, leads to severe outcomes like heart attacks and strokes\u2014some of the leading causes of death worldwide. For patients suffering from inflammatory rheumatic diseases, including lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, the risks are significantly higher. This heightened risk stems from both the diseases themselves and some treatments, especially those involving cortisone derivatives.<\/p>\n Until now, doctors\u2019 recommendations to reduce these vascular risks were essentially about avoiding risk factors. This included stopping inflammation, decreasing cortisone medications, as well as conventional recommendations like not smoking, reducing cholesterol, and controlling high blood pressure.<\/p>\n But researchers from Sapienza University of Rome, in Italy, involved in this study believe patients may be able to improve vascular health by doing something that\u2019s actually enjoyable. The laboratory results of these investigators suggest that caffeine, present in coffee, tea, and cocoa, actively helps endothelial progenitor cells, the group of cells that helps regenerate the lining of blood vessels and are involved in vascular growth.<\/p>\n It\u2019s well known that a diet rich in vitamin D (found in oily fish and eggs) and A (found in many fruits) and polyunsaturated fatty\u00a0acid<\/span>, and low in sodium, seems to play a role in decreasing the inflammatory burden. Scientists have wondered about caffeine as well. Besides the well-known stimulant effect on the body, caffeine also exerts an anti-inflammatory effect because it binds with the receptors expressed on the surface of immune cells. The effect of caffeine consumption on cardiovascular health has been widely investigated, with conflicting results.<\/p>\n Researchers here investigated 31 lupus patients without traditional cardiovascular risks factors using a seven-day food questionnaire. After a week the investigators took the patents\u2019 blood to measure blood vessels health. They found that patients who consumed caffeine had better vascular health, as measured through endothelial cells, which form the important inner layer of blood vessels.<\/p>\n \u201cThe present study is an attempt to provide patients with information on the possible role of diet in controlling the disease,\u201d said the paper\u2019s lead author, Fulvia Ceccarelli. \u201cIt will be necessary to confirm the results through a longitudinal study, aimed at assessing the real impact of coffee consumption on the disease course.\u201d<\/p>\n Reference: \u201cCaffeine improves systemic lupus erythematosus endothelial dysfunction by promoting endothelial progenitor cells survival\u201d by Valeria Orefice, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Cristiana Barbati, Giorgia Buoncuore, Carmelo Pirone, Cristiano Alessandri and Fabrizio Conti, 9 October 2024,\u00a0Rheumatology<\/i>. Coffee for Your Heart: The Regenerative Power of Caffeine on Vascular Health. New research indicates that caffeine consumption may boost vascular health by supporting the regeneration of blood vessel linings. This investigation, conducted by Italian scientists on lupus patients, highlights caffeine\u2019s potential benefits for those at increased risk of vascular diseases due to inflammatory conditions. … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104934,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104933\/revisions\/104934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Caffeine and Heart Health<\/h4>\n
Enhancing Vascular Health Through Diet<\/h4>\n
Caffeine\u2019s Role in Cardiovascular Wellness<\/h4>\n
Study Findings and Future Research<\/h4>\n
\nDOI: 10.1093\/rheumatology\/keae453<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/irulancoffee2-600x336.jpg\")
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