0 Coffee Lowers Stroke Risk Exposure

Drinking coffee was able to reduce the risk of stroke in women. This study is published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, showed that women who drank four cups of coffee or more had 20% lower likelihood of stroke when compared to those drinking less than one cup per month. While drinking 2-3 cups of coffee per day can reduce the risk of stroke by 19%, and who drank a cup of coffee as much as 5 to 7 times per week can reduce the risk of stroke by 12%.

The researchers examined data of 83,076 women participants of the Nurses' Health Study. The participants of this study shall be examined since 1980, no single person who suffers a stroke, heart disease, diabetes, or cancer. Every two to four years, the participants filled out a questionnaire about their eating patterns. During this study, which lasted for 24 years, a total of 2280 cases of stroke recorded.

Coffee benefits more real to look for people who do not smoke. For women who never smoked or who had stopped smoking, drinking 4 cups or more per day was associated with reduced risk of stroke by 43%, but only 3% for women who smoke.

Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol resulted in neutralizing the benefits of coffee.

The benefits of coffee does not come from the caffeine content in coffee, because people who drank tea and caffeinated soft drinks did not experience the same reduction in risk by drinking coffee. These findings support the hypothesis that there are components in coffee other than caffeine that is involved in the potential benefits of coffee on stroke. Antioxidants contained in coffee lower inflammation and improve blood vessel function.

The benefits of coffee can only be applied to healthy people, whereas people who have problems with his health will deteriorate with coffee drinking (eg, insomnia, anxiety, hypertension, or heart problems) should consult with your healthcare provider about this risk.

The data of this study suggest that attention must still be given to factors other stroke risk, because these factors will not disappear by drinking coffee.