If coffee helps you live longer?
A lot of research has been published, and the data is often contraversal.
Nevertheless, we must clearly determine. At least for healthy people and patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases...
Dear Sergey Kozhukhov
I hope ideas will percolate through these URLs. All the best.
http://www.coffeeresearch.org/science/news.htm
http://www.ico.org/
Thanks a lot Mary!
Good resources. I need time to study them.
Sergey.
Dear Sergey,
thank you for posting this interesting question. I think we should openly discuss with our patients what the current evidence is so that they can form a decision for themselves. Coffee might affect different patients in a different way. The most important aspect, in my opinion, is to be open and honest to our patients.
Yours sincerely,
Rainer
Dear Rainer, thanks a lot for your answer.
Coffee drinking seemed to lengthen life.
When patient ask about this and say, should I start drinking coffee? Should I drink more coffee?
What I should to answer?
Dear Marianne!
This is the shortest answer that can be. But it is very capacious. And I fully support this answer. Thank you.
I have found that patients who drink caffeine daily at home, often experience a migraine at the hospital. While others are offering medication for the headache, I question the patient about their use of caffeine. If this is the cause of their migraine I suggest they consume at least a small amount of caffeinated sodas or coffee rather than stopping completely as a patient. Much to the patient's surprise this has been successful.
Dear Stacie Meyers,
thanks a lot for your answer. You are partly right.
Key points - Does Caffeine Trigger or Treat Migraines?
- Caffeine is found in some migraine medications, but regular use of caffeine may trigger rebound headaches.
- If you have migraines, it’s a good idea to limit your caffeine consumption. That may help reduce the intensity of future migraines.
- Talk to your doctor before using caffeine as a migraine treatment.
Dear Andrei G Dan,
I completely agree with you. A reasonable sufficiency must be observed. If we are talking about hypertension, then I like this slide. How much we can reduce blood pressure without drugs.
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/guidelines/jnc7full.pdf
Dear Sergey,
thank you very much, I try to reply to your question right away: when a patient asks whether she or he should start drinking coffee or whether she or he should drink more coffee, I would first discuss the individual situation, i.e. whether they have already tried it, whether they tolerated it well, whether they like the taste (as this also determines quality of life), etc. I don't think I would give a general recommendation, i.e. I would try to find out about the individual circumstances before making a recommendation.
Yours sincerely,
Rainer
Dear Rainer,
I completely agree. There must be an individualized approach.
Thank you.
Another opinion:
"I think we have to tell patients that there are no real breakthrough studies; there are suggestive studies. They only become breakthroughs when they get replicated. We haven't really had a lot of replication that even I, as a coffee drinker, have to admit, about the information that says this beverage makes you live longer".
A. Caplan, Division of Medical Ethics at the School of Medicine at NYU
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