Coffee May Provide Protection From Liver Disease
20.4.04
Coffee and other caffeinated beverages may provide some protection from liver damage in people at risk for liver disease. Using data from the third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted between 1988 and 1994, Drs. James E. Everhart and Constance E. Ruhl assessed the association between caffeinated beverage consumption and liver disease.
Among people at risk for liver disease due to excessive alcohol use or other factors, drinking more than two cups of coffee per day seemed to protect against liver damage. Compared with people who didn't drink the beverage, those who did were 44-percent less likely to show evidence of liver damage.
Dr Everhart said previous research has shown that one of caffeine's primary effects is blocking cell structures called adenosine receptors. The early effect of this blocking is stimulation of the immune system that could protect the liver, "but we don't know what the (ongoing) effects are," he added.
From an original article at www.paktribune.com
Among people at risk for liver disease due to excessive alcohol use or other factors, drinking more than two cups of coffee per day seemed to protect against liver damage. Compared with people who didn't drink the beverage, those who did were 44-percent less likely to show evidence of liver damage.
Dr Everhart said previous research has shown that one of caffeine's primary effects is blocking cell structures called adenosine receptors. The early effect of this blocking is stimulation of the immune system that could protect the liver, "but we don't know what the (ongoing) effects are," he added.
From an original article at www.paktribune.com
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