Coffee has a preventive effect: Up to five cups reduce the risk of a stroke
Created: 2022-12-20 06:30
By: Natalie Hull Drawbar
Coffee not only helps you lose weight and delays aging, in certain quantities the stimulant can even prevent a stroke and protect against depression.
Coffee is not only very popular with the Italians, French and Dutch, in Germany too filter coffee and milk coffee are among the beverages consumed.
Due to its caffeine content, the pick-me-up helps to keep the mind alert and, in certain quantities, coffee also has health-promoting effects with protection against depression and stroke.
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According to a study, those who drink coffee regularly reduce the risk of stroke (symbol image) © Javier De La Torre/Imago
A large-scale study by the
Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute
in Melbourne, Australia, shows that coffee can help prevent cardiovascular disease,
Focus Online
reports.
The research results were published in the
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
released.
For the study, 449,563 study participants without cardiovascular disease were examined.
Over a period of twelve years, the scientists analyzed people with an average age of 58, including 55.3 percent women and 44.7 percent men.
The subjects were divided into two groups: those who drank coffee and those who did not drink coffee.
At the same time, the researchers focused on the development of cardiovascular diseases through coffee consumption, such as heart attacks, cardiac insufficiency or strokes.
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What the investigations showed: over 43,000 participants who did not drink coffee suffered, for example, heart failure or a stroke over the years.
On the other hand, those who drank two to three cups of coffee per day showed the lowest risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Those who drink coffee have a lower risk of dying as a result of heart failure or a stroke
The study also showed that regular coffee consumption reduces mortality from cardiovascular diseases: the mortality rate was lowest in subjects who consumed one to five cups of coffee a day.
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