Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Coffee, A New Aid For Postmenopausal Women!


Coffee, the second most popular drink in the world
may also be one of the most healthy. The latest news
on coffee and health is that drinking one to three cups
of coffee per day might help save postmenopausal
women's hearts.

A 15-year study published in The American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition shows fewer deaths from heart disease
or other non-cancerous inflammatory diseases for
postmenopausal women who reported drinking at least
one to three daily cups of coffee. Coffee is a major dietary
source of antioxidants, which may curb inflammation
and heart disease, write Andersen and colleagues, stressing
that their findings need to be confirmed.

The study conducted by researchers from the nutrition
department at Norway's University of Oslo included 27,312
postmenopausal women who took part in the Iowa Women's
Health study.

When the study began in 1986, participants were 55-69 years
old and hadn't been diagnosed with conditions including heart
disease, diabetes, or cancer (except for skin cancer).

The women completed a 127-item survey about their daily
coffee consumption, cigarette and alcohol use, and other
health habits (including diet and exercise). None of the women
were asked to drink more or less coffee or change anything else
in their lives for the study's sake.

They were followed for 15 years. During that time, a total of
1,411 participants died of heart disease, 1,733 died of cancer,
and 1,211 died of other diseases.The women who had reported
drinking one to three daily cups of coffee (or more) at the
study's start were less likely to have died of heart disease or
other inflammatory diseases (but not cancer) during the study.

Women who reported drinking one to three daily cups of coffee
at the study's start were 24 per cent less likely to die of heart
disease during the study, compared with those who didn't
drink coffee.

Women who reported drinking one to three daily cups of coffee
at the study's start were also 28 per cent less likely to die of other
non-cancerous inflammatory diseases, compared with those who
didn't drink coffee, the study shows.

Cancer deaths did not show any association with
coffee consumption.Those results are adjusted for other
factors and "were not repeatedfor other beverages, including
tea, fruit juice, sugar-sweetened drinks, diet soda, and skim,
low-fat, and whole milk," write Andersen and
colleagues.

The researchers call for caution in interpreting the results explaining
 that the study doesn't prove that coffee consumption was solely
responsible for the findings.The data also doesn't show antioxidant
in the women's coffee.

In conclusion, the researchers say results are consistent with a
protective effect of intake of one to three cups of coffee per day
on total death and death from cardiovascular and other inflammatory
diseases in a group of postmenopausal women.
Article By Edward Mulindwa
"Anytime Is Coffee Time!"

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