Coffee increases productivity; it improves mood, makes you more alert, and strengthens short-term memory, which sums up all the benefits of coffee for the work environment . Among the most notable benefits, we find that coffee: helps you stay more alert; caffeine fights depression; it gets your creative juices flowing and helps you learn new things faster.
In the previous installment Benefits of Coffee for Preventing Breast Cancer, the results of the study demonstrate that coffee consumption represents a health benefit, specifically helping us prevent postmenopausal breast cancer.
Now, in this same line of scientific studies, we present the most important findings of a study entitled "Coffee, tea, caffeine intake, and risk of glioma in adults in 3 prospective cohort studies."
Understanding that glioma is a very common type of tumor that originates in the brain, and that 33% of brain tumors are gliomas, which originate in glial cells (or neurogliocytes) found in the brain.
In this regard, current data suggest that caffeinated beverages may be associated with a lower risk of glioma. Caffeine has various effects on the brain, some of which may play a role in brain carcinogenesis, and coffee has consistently been associated with a lower risk of liver cancer, suggesting a possible anticancer effect.
A total of 335 incident cases of gliomas (men = 133, women = 202) from three (3) independent cohort studies were available for this investigation. Dietary intake was assessed using food frequency questionnaires obtained at baseline and follow-up.
Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate incidence rate ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) between coffee , tea, soft drink, and caffeine consumption and the risk of glioma, adjusting for age and total caloric intake. Estimates for each cohort were pooled using a random-effects model.
Consumption of five or more cups of coffee and tea per day, compared with no consumption, was associated with a decreased risk of glioma (RR = 0.60; 95% CI: 0.41–0.87; p-trend = 0.04). Inverse, although weaker, associations were also observed between coffee, caffeinated coffee, tea, and carbonated beverages and glioma risk. No association was observed between decaffeinated coffee and glioma risk. Among men, a statistically significant inverse association was observed between caffeine consumption and glioma risk (RR = 0.46; 95% CI: 0.26–0.81; p-trend = 0.03); the association was weaker among women.
Research findings suggest that consumption of caffeinated beverages, including coffee and tea, may reduce the risk of glioma in adults , however, further research is warranted to confirm these results in other populations.
We already knew that coffee improves our memory. In other words, caffeine can improve our basic cognitive processes like memory and attention, as long as we don't overdo it. Now it's been proven that it can reduce the risk of glioma in adults.