Three Coffees a Day Keeps Dementia Away

July 16, 2002 8:30 CDT

Can coffee really cure what ails you? Two recently released studies seem to have differing answers to that question.

The first study studied the consumption of caffeine-specifically coffee-in people who had Alzheimer's disease. When comparing them to a control group who did not have the disease, they found that those with no sign of the brain disease had consumed an average of three to four cups a day since the age of 25. However, those with the debilitating illness drank, on average, just one cup of coffee each day. Scientists believe that the caffeine in coffee may protect against Alzheimer's disease, an incurable disorder that causes disorientation and memory loss. Half of all sufferers die within eight years of diagnosis.

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