There\u2019s good news for people with Parkinson\u2019s or a history\nof Parkinson\u2019s in their family: drinking coffee might help protect the brain\nagainst the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How coffee might\nprovide hope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Although previous research has found that the caffeine in\ncoffee might play a role in protecting against neurodegeneration, other studies\nhave found that decaffeinated coffee might also help fight Parkinson\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To determine if coffee has another benefit besides the\ncaffeine, researchers focused on one of its compounds, EHT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Short for eicosanoyl-5-hydroxytrptadmide, EHT is an\nanti-inflammatory and neuroprotective fatty acid of serotonin that hails from\nthe way coating in the beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Researchers gave mic either caffeine, EHT or both and then\nlooked to see if any of the mice had the ability to decrease the accumulation\nof alpha-synuclein which is associated with Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team discovered that although neither caffeine or EHT\nalone helped, the combination of the two significantly reduced the buildup of\nthe protein. In fact, the mice that received the combination of the EHT and\ncaffeine did better on tests of behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More work to be done<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The researchers aren\u2019t suggesting that people with\nParkinson\u2019s (or a history of the disease in their family) gulp down copious\namounts of coffee. There are a lot of factors to weigh, including where the\nbean was grown, how it was harvested and the way it which it was roasted and\nbrewed. They admit that more research needs to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEHT is a compound found in various types of coffee, but the\namount varies,\u201d explains lead author M. Maral Mouradian of the Rutgers Robert\nWood Johnson Medical School Institute for Neurological Therapeutics. \u201cIt is\nimportant that the appropriate amount of ratio be determined so people don\u2019t\nover-caffeinate themselves, as that can have negative health consequences.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you have Parkinson’s in your family, researchers have some good news. Find out why coffee may offer hope!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[690],"tags":[862,935,724,936],"class_list":["post-13215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wellness","tag-brain-health","tag-coffee","tag-health","tag-parkinsons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}