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Health benefits of coffee (1) Prevention of cognitive decline



In recent years, an increasing number of studies have announced the health benefits of coffee. This time, I would like to take a look at the surprising relationship between coffee and health.
The first part is about the relationship between coffee and dementia.

Does drinking coffee every day prevent cognitive decline due to stroke?

Dementia is caused by the destruction of nerve cells in the brain. Although it is possible to slow the progression to some extent, there is currently no specific cure, and once symptoms develop, it is said to be difficult to cure completely.
Dementia is broadly classified into ``Alzheimer's type'', ``Lewy body'', and ``vascular'', and the most common type of dementia in Japan is Alzheimer's disease. It is a disease whose number of patients is rapidly increasing worldwide, and there is no fundamental treatment, so only symptomatic treatment is available.The risk of developing the disease increases with age, and it is a chronic disease. .