Coffee can reduce risk of developing Alzheimers, Parkinsons

Coffee can reduce risk of developing Alzheimers, ParkinsonsCoffee can reduce risk of developing Alzheimers, ParkinsonsHere is anotlageher reason to grab an extra cup of coffee. New findings published in Frontiers in Neuroscience report that dark roast coffee can help reduce the risk of developing Parkinsons Disease and Alzheimers.The research analyzed how dark roast, which is full of compounds called phenylindanes, have the ability to inhibit the production of proteins (amyloid beta and tau) that are associated with both of those devastating brain diseases. As both Parkinsons and Alzheimers progressamyloid plaques and tau protein tangles form in the brain.Dark roast for the winFor the study, the researchers looked at the effects of three different samples of Starbucks Via instant coffee light roast, dark roast, and decaffeinated dark roast. All three helped to prevent clumping (which means it is not the caffeine having an impact) but the dark roast samples specifically had more inhib itory benefits with these proteins. There are higher concentrations of phenylindanes in dark roast coffee because the roasting time is longer.By heating things up, the chemicals undergo changes, lead authorDonald Weaver, MD, co-director of the Krembil Brain Institute, toldHealth.As well, the heating process gives us access to chemicals that would normally not be there.It should be noted though, that this research is very preliminary.