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Is coffee healthy? The benefits of a cup of joe and when to draw the line

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If it’s not water, Americans are most likely to be sipping a cup of coffee. Sixty-six percent of adults have at least one cup a day, according to the National Coffee Association. Apparently, the popular afternoon pick-me-up in a cup is like a super food, supplement and medicine cure-all. It seems like every few months, there’s a new study that found coffee lowers dementia, lowers stress, lowers heart attack risk or makes you live longer.

“Like any plant, you’re going to have a lot of different plant chemicals, we call those phytochemicals,” said Abby Gold, a health and nutrition extension specialist with the University of Minnesota. “Phytochemicals are meant to protect a plant from harm.” When consumed, phytochemicals benefit humans.

One found in coffee is chlorogenic acid, an anti-inflammatory that can reduce cardiovascular diseases and Type 2 diabetes.  “It could play a role also in how we regulate blood sugars and metabolism,” Gold added. Then, of course, there’s caffeine. While known for increasing energy and alertness, studies show it does much more for the brain.

Source: Is coffee healthy? The benefits of a cup of joe and when to draw the line – CBS Minnesota

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7

This nasal spray rewinds the aging brain, restoring memory and reversing inflammation in preclinical models

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Picture this: your brain is a high-performance engine. Over decades, it doesn’t just wear down, it also starts to run hot. Tiny “fires” of inflammation smolder deep within the brain’s memory center, creating a persistent brain fog that makes it harder to think, form new memories or even adapt to new environments, all the while increasing the risk to disorders like Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists call this slow burn “neuroinflammaging,” and for decades it was thought to be the inevitable price of growing older. Until now.

A landmark study by researchers at Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine suggests the inflammatory tide responsible for brain aging and brain fog might actually be reversible. And the solution doesn’t involve brain surgery, but a simple nasal spray. Led by Dr. Ashok Shetty, university distinguished professor and associate director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, along with senior research scientists Dr. Madhu Leelavathi Narayana and Dr. Maheedhar Kodali, the team developed a nasal spray that, with just two doses, dramatically reduced brain inflammation, restored the brain’s cellular power plants and significantly improved memory. The most surprising part? It all happened within weeks and lasted for months. The findings, published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, could reshape the future of neurodegenerative therapies and may even change how scientists think about brain aging itself. “Brain age-related diseases like dementia are a major health concern worldwide,” Shetty said. “What we’re showing is brain aging can be reversed, to help people stay mentally sharp, socially engaged and free from age-related decline.”

Source: This nasal spray rewinds the aging brain, restoring memory and reversing inflammation in preclinical models

Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
Acts 4:32