Thursday, April 03, 2008

Daily caffeine 'protects brain'

Daily caffeine protects the brain by protecting the blood-brain barrier, which is damaged by cholesterol:
The University of North Dakota study used the equivalent to just one daily cup of coffee in their experiments on rabbits.

After 12 weeks of a high-cholesterol diet, the blood brain barrier in those given caffeine was far more intact than in those given no caffeine.

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