This news ‘lifts’ coffee! Researchfinds that middle -aged women who drink coffee remain active, strong and mentally healthy as they grow older.
Tade Efi… research, presented at the annual meeting of the American Nutrition Society ‘Nutrition 2025’, in Orlando.
On the contrary, Researchers found no connection to tea or decaffeinated, while consuming more cola type products was associated with significantly lower chances of healthy aging.
The study included nutrition and health data for 47,513 women collected since 1984. The researchers evaluated caffeine intake using certified food consumption questionnaires that included the consumption of leading sources of caffeine, such as coffee, tea, cola and coffee without caffeine.
Healthy aging was defined as living, until the age of 70 or more, without eleven main chronic diseases, maintaining physical function, having good mental health, having no cognitive disorders and no memory problems.
After 30 years of surveillance, researchers calculated how The likelihood of healthy aging for every 80 mg of caffeine consumed by the study participants daily, but also for other beverages, has changed.
These preliminary analyzes took into account other factors that may affect healthy aging, such as body weight, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, level of education and protein in nutrition.
By 2016, 3,706 of women in the study met all the conditions to be considered healthy. In the middle age, 45-60 years, these women usually consumed on average 315 mg of caffeine a dayquantity corresponding to approximately Three small cups or one and a half large cup of coffee. More than 80% of this caffeine came from regular coffee consumption.
For women in the group of healthy elderly, each extra cup of coffee a day (up to five small cups a day or about two and a half cups) It was connected to 2% to 5% higher chance of being well later in their lives.
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Researchers have found no significant correlation between the consumption of decaffein or tea with an increased likelihood of healthy aging. Important is that Each small glass of cola soft drinks was associated with 20% to 26% lower probability of healthy aging, confirming that all sources of caffeine do not benefit.
“Moderate coffee consumption can provide some protective benefits when combined with other healthy behaviors, such as regular exercise, healthy eating and avoiding smoking. While this study adds to previous evidence indicating that coffee intake can be linked to healthy aging, the benefits of coffee are relatively moderate compared to the impact of overall healthy habits and require further investigation, ”notes Sarah Maidavi, a Public Health University of Toronto.
Researchers point out that, in general, Up to two cups of coffee a day should be safe and potentially beneficial for most people. Eating more coffee above this limit can provide additional benefits for some, but it may not be healthy for others.
To better understand the effect of coffee on healthy aging, researchers plan to explore how specific bioactive compounds in coffee interact with genetic and metabolic aging markers, especially in women. Understanding these mechanisms could guide personalized medical approaches to the development of nutritions that support the longevity and cognitive health of individuals.