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January 16, 2009

Sittin' pretty with my cup of joe

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Middle-aged people who drink moderate amounts of coffee significantly reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study by Finnish and Swedish researchers showed Thursday.

"Middle-aged people who drank between three and five cups of coffee a day lowered their risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease by between 60 and 65 percent later in life," said lead researcher on the project, Miia Kivipelto, a professor at the University of Kuopio in Finland and at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

This is great news for me because I drink about 5-6 cups of coffee a day and I am middle-aged. However, my doctor does NOT consider my daily coffee consumption to be "moderate". But hey... I'm an American and I'm going to go with the experts who are saying what I wanna hear!

Posted by Kevin at January 16, 2009 12:09 AM