Researchers at the University of South Florida believe coffee can help lower your risk for developing Alzheimer's.
A doctor from the USF Health's Byrd Alzheimer's Institute published a new study about caffeine levels in blood. The neuroscientist says patients 65 years or older who drank three cups of coffee a day avoided onset Alzheimer's.
Right now, one in eight older Americans is diagnosed with Alzheimers.
The new study reports that caffeine and an unknown coffee component boost blood levels of critical growth factor that fights off the disease.
66-year-old Ernesto Zota agrees. At one time he started forgetting names. But, he drinks three cups of coffee a day and is still working full-time.
The findings will be published in an online version of a June 5 article from The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
The study included 124 people, ages 65 to 88, who live in Tampa and Miami.
The USF and University of Miami study suggests drinking coffee won't necessarily protect you against it, but it can reduce your risk.
But some scientists say more clinical research is still needed.
Read the study.
