{"id":35550,"date":"2020-02-13T16:26:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T22:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=35550"},"modified":"2020-02-13T16:26:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T22:26:03","slug":"35550","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=35550","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Why scientists are encouraging people to drink more coffee<\/a><\/p>\n

Coffee, just what can’t<\/em><\/strong> it do?<\/p>\n

The promise of strong bones meant something very different to us as children. We thought obtaining the physique of our favorite superhero was as simple as\u00a0drinking as much milk as possible.<\/a>\u00a0Turns out, we were wrong about the prize and the best way to achieve it.<\/p>\n

According\u00a0to a new study<\/a>\u00a0published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, there is a robust association between habitual coffee consumption and the prevention of bone fracturing later in life and the development of metabolic illnesses. In other words, more coffee for everyone!<\/p>\n

Coffee, coffee, coffee<\/h2>\n

\u201cInconsistent associations between coffee consumption and bone mineral density (BMD) have been observed in epidemiological studies. Moreover, the relationship of bioactive components in coffee with BMD has not been studied. The aim of the current study is to identify coffee-associated metabolites and evaluate their association with BMD,\u201d the authors wrote in the report.<\/p>\n

In actuality, bone strength refers to mineral density. The amount of minerals present in bone tissue is a strong correlate of several metabolic bone diseases, including osteoporosis, rickets, osteomalacia,\u00a0osteogenesis imperfecta, and\u00a0fibrous dysplasia.<\/p>\n

For many years research has been suppressed by a long-standing (and anecdotal) assumption that caffeine poses a negative effect on calcium absorption. Scholarly inspection concluded this impact to be a fractional one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no evidence that caffeine has any harmful effect on bone status or on the calcium economy in individuals who ingest the currently recommended daily allowances of calcium.\u201d celebrated osteology expert,\u00a0\u00a0Dr. Robert Heaney wrote<\/a>\u00a0back in 2002.<\/p>\n

Coffee Consumption and its Association with Bone Mineral Density<\/h1>\n

The Hong Kong University researchers began their analysis with 564\u00a0\u00a0healthy community-dwelling\u00a0adults previously involved in an osteoporosis study from a few years back. The\u00a0participants\u00a0were tasked with documenting the\u00a0frequency\u00a0of their coffee consumption in the followup\u00a0examination\u00a0logged in November of last year.<\/p>\n

Twelve serum\u00a0metabolites\u00a0important to bone mineral density were significantly more concentrated among regular coffee drinkers\u2014three\u00a0molecules\u00a0(quinate, 3-hydroxypyridine sulfate, and trigonelline)\u00a0evidenced particular\u00a0relevance to the study\u2019s premise.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong these metabolites, 11 known metabolites were previously identified to be associated with coffee intake and 6 of them were related to caffeine metabolism. Habitual coffee intake was positively and significantly associated with BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck,\u201d the authors continued.<\/p>\n

The health benefits linked to coffee consumption are almost all preventive in nature. The abundance of\u00a0anti-oxidants<\/a>\u00a0contained in a single serving effectively disarms free-radicals which in turn delays many of the physical markers of the ageing process. These very same agents\u00a0have been confirmed\u00a0<\/a>to be instrumental measures against cavities, diabetes, cirrhosis of the\u00a0liver\u00a0and various forms of cancer.<\/p>\n

A study conducted back in 2018<\/a>\u00a0that used mouse models determined that drinking four shots of espresso a day boosts heart health by reinvigorating important proteins and cardiovascular cells.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor all those folks who drink lots of coffee and are concerned about the health effects of coffee, this is good news,\u201d Cleveland Clinic\u2019s Dr.\u00a0Chad Deal<\/a>, who was not directly involved in the study, said in a\u00a0press release<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cIt appears to show that coffee is, in general, probably good for bone health.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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