A Polish medical school research team published its research results in a recent issue of an international academic journal.
Thanks to the anti-inflammatory effects of coffee such as caffeine, chlorogenic acid, and caffeic acid.
[대한급식신문=김나운 기자] An overseas review study found that coffee and tea help prevent arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
According to the Korea Food Communication Forum, these results were confirmed through a meta-analysis of existing research papers that tracked the correlation between coffee and tea and cardiovascular disease by Professor Stanislaus Suma’s team at Rhodes Medical School in Poland.
Research results have shown that various bioactive substances contained in coffee and tea help prevent arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is a major cause of early death worldwide, and is likely to develop when people have high blood pressure or diabetes, or have high levels of inflammation or C-reactive protein (CRP).
The research team’s meta-analysis of nine research papers showed that coffee consumption lowered blood CRP levels. An increase in CRP in the blood indicates acute infection or inflammation.
A meta-analysis of 12 research papers found that coffee consumption increases adiponectin levels. Adiponectin, known as a ‘good hormone’, is a type of protein secreted by fat cells and helps prevent obesity, diabetes, and arteriosclerosis by improving insulin resistance.
The research team explained in the paper, “Consumption of coffee and tea increases adiponectin concentration and lowers free radicals,” and “at the same time, it can lower low-density cholesterol levels, which are harmful to vascular health.”
There are more than 1,000 biologically active substances in coffee, and the ingredients are caffeine, chlorogenic acid, trigonelline, melanoid, caffeic acid, carol, and cafestol. Among these, caffeine has an antioxidant effect and reduces the activity of ingredients related to inflammation.
In the paper, the research team explained, “Kawol and cafestol, which are mainly found in unfiltered coffee, also have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties,” and “caffeic acid is also an ingredient that improves inflammation.”
Meanwhile, the results of this study were published in the latest issue of the international academic journal ‘Pharmaceutical Research’.
Copyright © Korean Food Newspaper. Reproduction and redistribution prohibited.
2024-01-07 11:02:33
#Coffee #tea #effective #preventing #arteriosclerotic #cardiovascular #disease
