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High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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Re: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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> consumption of >6 cups/day was associated with 53% higher odds of dementia compared to consumption of 1–2 cups/day (fully adjusted OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.28, 1.83) 6+ cups! That’s a cranial marinade.

My mom, both of my sisters and I drink it by the pot. Each of us, every day. 6 cups? That doesn't sound like enough coffee to me.

I can’t even drink a single cup of coffee without shaking and getting intense anxiety.

Re: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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> consumption of >6 cups/day was associated with 53% higher odds of dementia compared to consumption of 1–2 cups/day (fully adjusted OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.28, 1.83) 6+ cups! That’s a cranial marinade.

My mom, both of my sisters and I drink it by the pot. Each of us, every day. 6 cups? That doesn't sound like enough coffee to me.

6 cups are scrub numbers, if you haven't done that by 10am you're behind the curve :P

Re: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My mom, both of my sisters and I drink it by the pot. Each of us, every day. 6 cups? That doesn't sound like enough coffee to me.

I can’t even drink a single cup of coffee without shaking and getting intense anxiety.

Perhaps someday we'll discover a coffee tolerance gene.

Re: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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The article is not claiming causal link, but this is still interesting. >After full covariate adjustment, consumption of >6 cups/day was associated with 53% higher odds of dementia compared to consumption of 1–2 cups/day Coffee is stimulant just like some Alzheimer medications used to treat symptoms. It would be interesting to see if people increase coffee consumption with cognitive decline.

Considering the very early effects of dementia start to impact people sometimes decades before it becomes bad enough that they are diagnosed, it's certainly possible that extreme coffee consumption is some kind of self-medication mechanism. Anecdotally, I've seen this a lot with adults with undiagnosed ADHD (including myself until 26). Caffeine can be a (very shitty) alternative to proper stimulant medication that pe…

Not far fetched at all, seems there's been studies showing a correlation between ADHD and Dementia between genrations. A big question for me is if the ADHD was always even in the older generations there but was non-diagnosed?

https://news.ki.se/link-between-adhd-and-dementia-across-gen...

Re: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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> consumption of >6 cups/day was associated with 53% higher odds of dementia compared to consumption of 1–2 cups/day (fully adjusted OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.28, 1.83) 6+ cups! That’s a cranial marinade.

The scientific definition of a 'cup' of coffee is important. Usually this is defined as 4 ounces of brewed coffee, which means a normal mug of coffee (which can fit something like 10 oz) would be 2.5 cups!

So, for most people's definition of a 'cup' of coffee, they really only mean 2.5 'mugs' of coffee.

Re: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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> consumption of >6 cups/day was associated with 53% higher odds of dementia compared to consumption of 1–2 cups/day (fully adjusted OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.28, 1.83) 6+ cups! That’s a cranial marinade.

That’s like a little more than 2 venti Starbucks.

> more than 2 venti

Americans will do anything to not use the metric system :)

Re: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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It would be interesting to see comparisons to tea and decaf coffee, correcting for the amount of caffeine in those beverages. They seem to be assuming caffeine is the causal agent here, in which case there should be detectable parallels with other caffeinated beverages.

Re: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke

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> consumption of >6 cups/day was associated with 53% higher odds of dementia compared to consumption of 1–2 cups/day (fully adjusted OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.28, 1.83) 6+ cups! That’s a cranial marinade.

My mom, both of my sisters and I drink it by the pot. Each of us, every day. 6 cups? That doesn't sound like enough coffee to me.

>My mom, both of my sisters and I drink it by the pot. Each of us, every day.

Can I ask how's your sleep?

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