Coffee is a favorite drink. It can relieve our mental state when we are tired and refresh our mind. However, it has been reported that excessive intake of coffee will cause arteriosclerosis. Is this true? What are the hazards of coffee?
What are the hazards of coffee
Is coffee really so harmful to arteriosclerosis? In fact, many people will know that coffee still has some functions. However, according to the latest news, the impact of coffee on atherosclerosis is not so great, so the news is also a rumor, but it's better to drink less coffee.
According to the Daily Mail website on June 3, experts from Queen Mary College, University of London divided 8412 participants into three groups for research. The first group consisted of participants who drank less than 1 cup of coffee a day, the second group drank 1 to 3 cups of coffee a day, and the third group drank more than 3 cups of coffee a day. Some people in the third group drank up to 25 cups of coffee a day, but an average of 5 cups a day.
The researchers found that even people with a high daily coffee intake were not more likely to have arteriosclerosis than people who drank less than one cup of coffee a day. Previous studies have shown that coffee can cause arteriosclerosis, put pressure on the heart and increase the possibility of heart attack or stroke.
Kenneth middot of Queen Mary College, University of London; Dr. Feng said: 'although coffee is very popular all over the world, different reports may prevent people from drinking. Although we cannot prove causality in this study, our study shows that the effect of coffee on arteries is not as serious as previous studies have shown. "
He stressed that although some participants drank a lot of coffee, the group with the most coffee intake drank an average of 5 cups of coffee a day. Meting & middot, deputy director of the British Heart Foundation Medical Center; Professor afkieran said the study 'ruled out a potentially harmful effect of coffee on our arteries'.