Science confirms more great news for coffee lovers

As one of the world's most popular beverages, coffee offers a host of health benefits.

New research published in the scientific journal NeuroToxicology has found another reason to make coffee lovers happier.

Accordingly, a cup of coffee every day can protect you against Parkinson's disease - a scary disease in the elderly, according to the medical news site News Medical.

Parkinson's is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra - a structure located in the midbrain that plays an important role in reward and movement.

Coffee has many health benefits

Aiming to explore the impact of coffee drinking on the risk of Parkinson's disease, scientists from the School of Health Sciences, Massey University (New Zealand) integrated findings from previous studies.

The results found that drinking coffee every day helps you prevent Parkinson's disease, a dreaded disease in old age.

Specifically as follows:

One factor involved in Parkinson's disease is increased levels of MAO B in the brain. And one of the most common drugs used to treat the disease is an MAO B inhibitor.

The good news is that recent studies have found that coffee contains many bioactive flavonoids such as quercetin, myricetin and rutin, which have MAO B inhibitory activity, according to News Medical.

On the other hand, a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is the aggregation of α-synuclein, a neuronal protein. Research has also found that caffeine, found in coffee, has the ability to reduce the toxicity of these α-synuclein aggregates. Researchers found that Eicosanoyl-5-hydroxytryptamide and some other substances in coffee have a beneficial effect in reducing the aforementioned α-synuclein aggregation.

Drinking coffee every day helps you prevent Parkinson's disease

In addition, for Parkinson's disease, an important cause of the disease is neuroinflammation in the brain that causes degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, which leads to the development and progression of the disease. Research has also found that some substances such as alkaloids, phenols, phenolic acids and flavonoids in coffee have strong neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects.

Furthermore, scientists have also discovered that coffee has the ability to change the composition of intestinal bacteria, increasing beneficial bacteria and reducing harmful bacteria, thereby reducing the risk of Parkinson's disease.

Finally, studies have found that certain compounds from coffee called Nrf2 activators can activate pathways that protect against oxidative stress, thereby reducing the risk of Parkinson's disease.

From the above reasons, researchers concluded that coffee actually has a positive effect on Parkinson's disease.

They say the findings could pave the way for new, more effective treatments for the dreaded disease, News Medical reports.

According to studies, it is ideal to drink 2 - 3 cups of coffee per day to maximize its benefits.

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