Well, I'm all in for this. According to a NBC news, a cup (or 2 or 3) of coffee or tea a day

[senseandsensibility]

reduces your risk of dementia. Those who drink the most caffeinated coffee have the lowest risk of the disease. Apparently, this is a new "long awaited" study.

Throughout my life, I have struggled with trying to control my caffein intake. Was it all for naught?

Oh well, I currently drink 2 or 3 cups a day, so I will keep on keeping on without the guilt, I guess!

[malaise]

1. Explains a lot

Not giving up my coffee for anything😀

[CousinIT]

2. I had to cut down to one cup...

...due to osteoporosis. But I get my damn big cup in the morning, still! I used to drink 2-3 cups.

[CTyankee]

3. Dang. I only have 2 cups a day. Gotta up that w/another. I can't remember sh*t.

[senseandsensibility]

4. Lol

[pandr32]

5. I'm tipping my coffee cup to you right now!

Picture coffee mugs!

[senseandsensibility]

6. Back atcha!

A few years ago mine might have held beer, but now definitely coffee!

[Sanity Claws]

7. Do you add cream?

Another post here on DU linked to a study that cream also lowers the risk of dementia. https://www.democraticunderground.com/122895060
Study excerpt: People who consumed more than 20 grams of full-fat cream per day also showed a lower risk of dementia overall, ranging from 16%–24%.

[fierywoman]

13. Yeah -- heavy cream -- which makes me hopeful starting each day !

[senseandsensibility]

16. No, lactose free lowfat milk

for me. I have a little trouble with lactose in general, unfortunately, because I could live on ice cream. But I have to exercise moderation.

[QED]

8. Fabreeze should make a coffee scented air freshener

When I came in the house from dog duty, I smelled coffee. It's a wonderful scent.

As for the amount consumed, I cut down to about 3 cups a day when I retired.

[malaise]

12. My only rule

is no coffee after noon 😀

[multigraincracker]

39. I've adopted that rule after getting my pacemaker.

[malaise]

42. Keeps you awake

Not sure about coffee ice cream though but I don’t have it that often 😀





often

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Was it all for naught?

Nutritionists have a lot to answer for. 1933 they added vitamins to flour. In 1944 they raised the dose and standardized them. Through 1964 they promoted trans fats however you wish to call them - oleo, margarine, shortening - and advised low fat dairy through the 1980s. Cancer fed on protein so moderate your intake, avoid heart disease so moderate dairy fat. Seed oils were mostly unsaturated, so eat them. Peanut oil for frying French fries and turkeys.

As a result of the obesity that produced, all of it has been reversed. Sugar and carbs are the current enemy. They increase the fat uptake and cause inflammation. So go Keto or go Mediterranian or something similar, every fad doctor has one.

Too little coffee was a problem? Enjoy, get in touch with your gut and vagus nerve, feed what you crave. Your body is trying to tell you something. If you crave junk food, something's out of whack.

BTW cold sauerkraut is popular. The beneficial bacteria dies when it is heated.

[milestogo]

10. There's a study for everything.

If you wait a few months a study will come along which "proves" just the opposite.

[StarryNite]

22. Ain't that the truth!

So we wait for a study that is favorable to what we like and we hold onto it.

[milestogo]

40. Exactly.

I avoid caffeine entirely because it interferes with sleeping. I do drink decaf coffee. But I like studies which say that this is a good thing. I don't believe anyone really knows.

[StarryNite]

44. I don't like coffee so it's decaf green tea for me.

I don't think anyone really knows either.

[popsdenver]

32. LOL

This Study was probably funded by the Coffee Corporations of America.........

For the life of me, I cannot begin to understand why the masses plop down four bucks for a cup from Starbucks/???????
Or for that matter......... why people pay for BOTTLED "TAP" water....

[Srkdqltr]

11. Coffee is bad, coffee is good. Eggs are bad , eggs are good. Up is down down is up.

Eat what agrees with you and enjoy.

[fierywoman]

14. (Fair is foul, and foul is fair ...)

[StarryNite]

25. My dad lived to be 103 doing just that!

And he was sharp as a tack! He was a thin little guy. Everything in moderation he would say. Damn, I sure do miss him.

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. Coffee is good. Cream in your coffee is good. Baileys Irish Cream in your coffee is *excellent*. nt

[Srkdqltr]

31. I need to get some of that

[dlilafae]

17. I scout out McCafe Coffee

Bought two cans yesterday for 45.00. ~ Shocking! Highway frickin' robbery! I drink plenty of it. Hot or cold double brew. Good to know it helps my cognitive functioning.

[senseandsensibility]

18. Is that McDonald's coffee?

Like the kind sold at McDonald's? I remember a few years ago I would occasionally get McDonald's iced coffee and it was really good.

[dlilafae]

45. S & S, Yes!

It has a super intense coffee flavor!

[rsdsharp]

19. Long ago, when I did morning radio, I'd go through a pot of coffee before anyone else got to the station.

Now I drink a cup a day — maybe two on rare occasions.

[TBF]

20. The only time I gave it up was pregnancy

and I still hate decaf

[LuvLoogie]

21. Drinking green tea throughout the day can provide caffeine in lower doses

while providing other benefits from its antioxidants. So you can start with a cup or two of coffee to get you going, and follow up with green tea into the early evening. Follow directions for brew temp and time as higher temps and longer steeps can reduce the benefits.

[senseandsensibility]

23. Wow! My hubby said the EXACT same thing to me

when I told him about this post. He has a much lower tolerance for caffeine than I do, and gets "interesting" as we put it (aka agitated) if he has too much. So he said he would stick with his single cup of coffee in the morning, and tea later "because of the antioxidants".

[La Coliniere]

27. That's exactly how I approach coffee drinking.

I start every morning with a big cup of my favorite coffee (right now it’s Aldi’s Adventure Blend) with oat milk and I drink iced unsweetened green tea throughout the rest of the day. I make a half gallon of iced green tea every other day.

[xuplate]

24. There are a lot of studies that confirm this.

[OLDMDDEM]

26. I drink one mug of coffee every day.

[Omaha Steve]

28. I have FTD

I have drank a pot of coffee a day since high school. It didn't help me.

https://www.theaftd.org/what-is-ftd/disease-overview/

[senseandsensibility]

30. I'm sorry to hear that OS!

A pot a day is a lot. Best wishes on your health struggles my friend.

[Exp]

29. Just don't FORGET to buy coffee beans when you're out shopping! nt

[twodogsbarking]

33. Very well done. Very.

[Brother Buzz]

34. My nephrologist encourages me to drink as much coffee as I can tolerate

8-10 cups a day works well.

[senseandsensibility]

38. Are you serious?

I'm not trying to be snarky but that's a LOT.

[Brother Buzz]

41. Totally serious, but...

By late afternoon, it’s like drinking tea.

[Crowman2009]

35. Good, because I'll need that extra boost on the evening of election day this year.

[Prairie_Seagull]

36. I count my coffee consumption in pots.

Drink all day every day. No dementia here. Knock wood, wait is that demented?

[Bluetus]

37. It is a mixed bag

For many, too much caffeine brings on certain sleep deprivation, and that can be just as bad (or worse) than dementia.

For me, caffeine triggers tinnitus.

But I do believe in the beneficial effects of antioxidants in coffee and some teas. So I try to find the "right amount" of coffee and tea that still allows me to sleep. And I have no doubt that this is better for me than anything containing aspartame.

[mzmolly]

43. Woo!