The caffeine in coffee may have the ability to slow Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, according to Portugese reseachers writing in The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
They told ScienceDaily that epidemiological studies showed an inverse relationship between chronic caffeine consumption and the motor deficits and neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. Later, similar studies showed a similar relationship between caffeine and Alzheimer's disease. The same has been demonstrated in animal models.
It's early, but researchers--Alexandre de Mendonça of the University of Lisbon and Rodrigo A. Cunha of the University of Coimbra--believe caffeine may prevent brain degeneration, play a role in improving thinking and memory, and protect against Alzheimer's.
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