Coffee Can Cause High Cholesterol but Depends on the brew

JAKARTA – Coffee can cause high cholesterol , but this depends on how you brew it and how much you drink. If you are sensitive to caffeine, coffee can also affect your health.

Reported from Healthline, Saturday (8/1/2022) coffee does not contain cholesterol like many animal products. In contrast, coffee affects how your body produces cholesterol.

Several studies over the last decade have shown a link between coffee and cholesterol. According to one study, coffee oils (known as diterpenes), such as cafestol and kahweol, are to blame. Coffee oil is naturally found in both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee.

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Research shows that cafestol affects the body’s ability to metabolize and regulate cholesterol. According to studies on coffee and cholesterol, coffee oil can lower bile acids and neutral sterols.

This can lead to an increase in cholesterol. The researchers concluded that cafestol was the most potent cholesterol-raising compound identified in the human diet.

If you have a genetic mutation that slows down the metabolism of coffee in your body and drink two or more cups of coffee a day, you are at increased risk of developing heart disease.

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Studies have shown that drinking five cups of coffee daily for 4 weeks from the French press can increase blood cholesterol levels by 6 to 8%.

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