{"id":2460,"date":"2019-08-21T05:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2019\/08\/21\/coffee-makes-you-smarterish\/"},"modified":"2019-08-21T05:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T15:00:17","slug":"coffee-makes-you-smarterish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2019\/08\/21\/coffee-makes-you-smarterish\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Makes You Smarterish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you drink coffee because you are a smart (and also very attractive and funny and an all-around catch) or are you smart because you drink coffee? It\u2019s a real chicken-and-the-egg situation we\u2019ve got going on here, and new research has only further complicated the issue. According to Inc<\/a>, studies into the cognitive effects of coffee show that consuming your favorite beverage\u2014as well as tea and chocolate\u2014does in fact make you smarter.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just one study. Multiple explorations into the neuroscience of caffeine have found a variety of ways that coffee and caffeine brain health and resilience. One study, a joint effort between the National Institute of Aging and Johns Hopkins University<\/a>, corroborates something we\u2019ve reported<\/a> previously<\/a> here<\/a> on Sprudge: caffeine shows signs of protecting the brain from Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s. This is due to methylxanthines\u2014a \u201cclass of chemical compound found in coffee\u201d\u2014that promote<\/em>s<\/em> \u201csustained cognitive performance and can protect neurons against dysfunction and death.\u201d The study also found that xanthine metabolites, the chemicals produced when your brain processes caffeine, \u201cmay contribute to [coffee\u2019s] beneficial effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding to these findings, a meta-analysis of 11 previous studies published in the World Journal of Surgical Oncology<\/a> found that coffee and tea reduce not only the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s but of brain cancer as well.<\/p>\n

Lastly, a study performed at Okayama University<\/a> finds that coffee compounds Caffeic acid (CA) and chlorogenic acid (CGA) have antioxidative properties, specifically on the glial gland and \u201cprevents rotenone-induced neurodegeneration in both the brain and myenteric plexus.\u201d Inc breaks it down into layperson terms: \u201ccaffeine makes your brain more flexible and resilient.\u201d But if you don\u2019t believe them, just look at this happy little mouse from the actual Okayama University study.<\/p>\n

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So if you want to be S-M-R-T like me, make sure you are drinking lots of C-O-F-E.<\/p>\n

Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0 Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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