Posted on 05/05/2023 10:08:22 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
The next time you're sipping your favorite hot beverage, consider what it
Dr. Lisa Zhuoting Zhu has found a positive link between coffee and tea consumption and the thickness of our macular retinal nerve fiber layer.
The macula is the central part of the retina at the back of the eye that gives us sharp central vision. The retinal nerve fiber layer is a thin layer of nerve cells that transmit visual information from the eye to the brain.
"Our findings indicate if we consume two to three cups of coffee or more than four cups of tea per day, the macular thickness will increase," says Dr. Zhu.
She used the macular retinal nerve fiber layer thickness as a measure of the brain's health: "The thinner the layer, the higher risk of neurodegeneration."
Participants from the UK Biobank study were asked how many cups of coffee and tea were consumed daily on average over the last year.
Groups were divided into four categories: from zero cups to more than four cups per day.
Their macular retinal nerve fiber layer thickness was measured by using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan.
The results showed that coffee drinkers had a significant increase in macular retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, especially those who drank two to three cups of coffee per day.
Tea drinkers also fared well, with a significant increase macular thickness in people who drank more than four cups daily.
Dr. Zhu emphasizes their study found there is a "sweet spot" for coffee consumption and having a healthy macular retinal nerve fiber layer thickness.
"That means not too much and not too little," she says.
"Many studies have indicated that instant coffee could be a risk factor for many health outcomes, including neurodegenerative diseases, which we also found in our study.
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Hmmmmm.....just in time?
Is it because all the bouncing of the eyeballs from the caffeine load strengthens the tissue?
Hey, Little Newbie, shove it.
Studies will say whatever they want to say but experience proves most of the time lab coat types are corrupt or totally full $hit.
Medical news from the future (next week): Coffee makes your eyeballs pop out and roll across the floor.
Mine must be massive.
Coffee this week: Good.
Coffee next week: Bad.........................
Are those Covid-19 jabs and boosters are necessary and would protect you from supposedly Covid-19 infection? You should be researching that and you can post what you find out here than posting all kinds of study says, study says, and study days stuffs.
Wonderful (sarc). Black coffee is good for your liver but now it seems that coffee is bad for your eyes. So you can choose to die of liver disease but have perfect eyesight or go blind. Decisions, decisions ...
Good deal! Thanks!
These threads are from brand new studies on what can be done to immediately tweak health, for the better.
You are free to post threads on what can be done that has helped people die in the past, from the methods you describe.
So thick is good?
I can’t wait!
Apparently but theres “ a “sweet spot” for coffee consumption”, which is good or I would need a second head to hold them all.
Science is a cheap whore.
***It tells us whatever we want to believe anyhow.***
Covid, climate change, DDT, caffeine, booze, marijuana, ozone hole, margarine vs. butter, cigarettes... and especially anything related to big pharma. And now we have “zero emission cars.” hahaha
In America, we cannot even get something as simple, and fundamental as a “food pyramid” right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PBf58Molvc
Science is merely a label slapped on a political, social, economic, corporate idea to make it “feel” like it’s the logical thing to do.
MOST of what gets this label slapped on it is not truly science based.
https://www.nature.com/articles/533452a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis
When the idea of “science” is invoked, you should immediately think, snake oil salesman: https://www.ceros.com/inspire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/snakeoil.png
It’s “science,” you must support it!!!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/25/health/cuckolding-sex-kerner/index.html
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