Study: The Miraculous Benefits of Coffee to Protect Liver

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When feeling sleepy incredible, a lot of people who then ran into the coffee. Besides can repel drowsiness, coffee also has other special functions that can protect liver damage, especially in those who frequently consume alcoholic drinks.

The conclusion it was obtained from a new study which not yet long done. In the research, researchers asked about coffee consumption towards nearly 19,000 Finnish men and women who aged 25 to 74 years who consumed alcohol.

"Our findings suggest the possibility of a protective effect of coffee intake on consumers of alcoholic drinks," said one researcher, Dr. Onni Niemela, of Seinajoki Central Hospital and University of Tampere in Finland.

In the research, Dr. Onni measuring blood of participant-specific on levels liver enzyme gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT). Because drinking alcoholic drinks can increase GGT levels in the blood. Even liquor can cause liver disease on the alcoholic.

One of the men who undergo this test admitted consuming more than 24 alcoholic drinks per week, or approximately 3.5 drinks in a day. The test results showed that he has the highest levels of the liver enzyme, which is about three times higher than men who did not drink alcohol.

Among them are alcoholics, it turns out there are a coffee connoisseur. They consume as much as five cups of coffee or more every his day. It turns out from the tests showed a 50 percent reduction in GGT compared with men who did not drink coffee.

Although there are no differences in the variables between heavy drinkers, moderate drinkers, and former drinkers and non-drinkers in this research, the researchers are still can not determine with certainty whether the interaction between alcohol and one of these factors influence the outcome.

The researchers found that the way of presenting of coffee that is ready to drink, filtered, boiled or in the form of espresso does not make a difference in these findings. Previous research says there is a possibility that caffeine plays a role in this.

To be known, the researchers found no significant association between coffee consumption and levels of GGT in women drinkers. And also, in addition to alcoholic drinks it can also be triggered by smoking, an older age and overweight.

With the existence this research does not mean you are free to consume alcohol because it can be 'saved' by coffee. Drinking coffee also should not be excessive because not good for health, especially for your blood pressure.