Journal of Affective Disorders<\/a>, found that two to three daily cups of coffee might be beneficial for mental health, especially in men.<\/p>\nOn the other hand, consuming five or more cups per day was associated with a higher risk for mental disorders. <\/p>\n
The research team analysed data from more than 460,000 participants from the UK Biobank, a large prospective cohort including people aged 40 to 69 years, to investigate the association between daily coffee consumption and various mental disorders. <\/p>\n
Participants answered questions about their daily coffee consumption, including amounts and types of coffee, such as decaffeinated, instant and ground, and were followed for a median of 13.4 years. <\/p>\n
The researchers found a J-shaped pattern in the results, meaning that those who drank too little or too much coffee did not see the same benefits as moderate drinkers. <\/p>\n
The association between coffee consumption and mood disorders was stronger in men, the study noted. <\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently, there is growing interest in the role of diet and nutrition in the prevention and management of mental disorders,” the authors wrote.<\/p>\n
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over one billion people are living with mental health disorders. <\/p>\n
Mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression, represent the second biggest reason for long-term disability, contributing to loss of healthy life, the WHO has warned. <\/p>\n
According to the authors, there is a need for preventive strategies to curb the \u201cpandemic of mental health disorders\u201d.<\/p>\n
How can coffee help?<\/p>\n
Coffee contains over a thousand bioactive ingredients, including caffeine, polyphenols, melanoidins and diterpenes. <\/p>\n
The study suggests that the anti-inflammatory effects of compounds such as caffeine and chlorogenic acid may partly explain the lower risk of mental health conditions observed among moderate coffee drinkers.<\/p>\n
Caffeine exerts its neuroprotective effects through dual mechanisms: activation of A1R, associated with antidepressant effects, and inhibition of A2AR, which counteracts stress-induced neural dysfunction, the authors noted. <\/p>\n
The anti-inflammatory properties of caffeine have been previously linked to a lower risk of dementia<\/a> and slower cognitive decline in previous studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could daily coffee intake have a protective effect on mental health? A new study suggests moderate consumption may…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[6948,102,5898,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-543279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-coffee","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-medical-research","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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