An article in the New York Times states that Swedish and Danish researchers may have linked coffee with a decreased risk in dementia.
After reading the headline of the article, I endearingly looked at the coffee that I happened to be sipping at the moment, and thought, "wow - my addiction is going to stop me from losing my mind in 50 years?"
Not exactly so.
These subjects who displayed lesser risks weren't just typical java lovers; in the course of 21 years, they drank an average of 5+ cups of coffee a day. The ones who drank 2 or less were at a greater risk for illness in comparison.
Being that I only drink about 1.5 cups per day, I'm not exactly in the clear.
But the research isn't all that credible - people self-reported how much coffee they drank per day - which is subject to errors. I feel as though people love to inflate the amount of coffee they drink simply to dramatize the stress in their lives and use the number of cups on the desk as a measuring tool of "who gets less sleep at night" and has a busier albeit established career.
In addition, they haven't gone into specifics of what kind of coffee their subjects drank: maybe some drink decaffeinated coffee, or drink it with Equal, Splenda, or real sugar, or decided that cappuccinos, lattes, and caramel macchiatos counted too. What about the issue of caffeine and all those articles about heart problems?
Whatever - I'm still going to Starbucks to help me stay up all night to do well in college.
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