OPPOSING "BEEF" VIEWPOINT? A daily cup of coffee may halt Alzheimer's

A daily cup of coffee may halt Alzheimer's By Rebecca Smith

Drinking one cup of coffee a day could protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to research.
American scientists found caffeine blocks the ability of cholesterol to move from the blood into the brain.

Cholesterol increases proteins in the brain which break off, forming "plaques" that cause Alzheimer's.

Jonathan Geiger, of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, said: "Caffeine appears to block several of the disruptive effects of cholesterol that make the blood-brain barrier leaky."

The findings, in the Journal of Neuroinflammation, were based on a study of rabbits.Some of the animals were given 3mg of caffeine a day, the equivalent of a daily cup of coffee for a person.

After 12 weeks, the blood-brain barrier, which protects the central nervous system, was "significantly" more intact in the rabbits that received caffeine.

Yeah, I'm addressing my Alzheimer's in the form of a Med-Reg-Milk-3-Sugars of the Dunkin Donuts variety as I'm blogging. Just feel like it's good to let ya'll know, I'm gonna be here mentally intact for a while.

The Universe is still in good hands...