Der Kaffeekonsum (4 Tassen/Tag) ist bei Menschen mit bipolarer Störung und Schizophrenie mit längeren Telomerlängen – einem Marker für das biologische Altern – verbunden. Der Effekt ist vergleichbar mit einem etwa fünf Jahre jüngeren biologischen Alter
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coffee-linked-to-slower-biological-ageing-among-those-with-severe-mental-illness-up-to-a-limit
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>Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience measured the effects of coffee consumption on telomere length among 436 participants aged 18 to 65 with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder with psychosis.
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>They found that coffee consumption of up to four cups per day was linked to longer telomeres, comparable to a biological age five years younger than non-coffee drinkers.
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>The longest telomeres were seen among those who consumed three to four cups per day. Too much coffee reduced this positive effect, with participants who consumed more than four cups having shorter telomeres than those who consumed between three and four cups.
> These effects remained after accounting for variations in age, sex, ethnicity, medication and tobacco use.
[Coffee intake is associated with telomere length in severe mental disorders | BMJ Mental Health](https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1/e301700)
I drink coffee everyday but this study is claiming that if you drink 4 cups a day you’ll be biologically younger?
My first question would then be, who funded this study.
Being able to stop and drink coffee four times a day is a sign of wealth, which leads to less stress in the body, causing a longer life.
Maybe I should show this to my psychiatrist every time she tries to get me to quit coffee.
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> is linked to longer telomere lengths – a marker of biological ageing
Now I don’t know anything about telomeres, but I thought a _shorter_ telomere length was a marker of biological ageing.
Why are they studying telomeres in this population specifically, let alone the effect of coffee on telomeres in this population specifically? Are they suggesting that this effect is not present in the general population?
What if I drink a 4 shot espresso iced Americano? I feel like this isn’t very scientific if you are just saying 4 cups, it doesn’t really provide the threshold of which the actual bean starts to benefit you in this way.
I’m beginning to think there’s no way I’m getting out of here alive…
I would like to point out that coffee — and other, stronger stimulants — can exacerbate or trigger manic episodes, and that the number of manic episodes you have is adversely linked to the likelihood of bipolar progressing into dementia. (Which is a form of aging –a cruel one — in and of itself). Remember: every episode hurts your brain. Make choices accordingly.
(except sometimes if not for coffee i would literally do nothing but bedrot in my depressive phases of bipolar, but that’s a different story)
Hmm… based on amount of coffee I drink… I will love forever.
Is it any specific type of coffee? Cause i drink a mix of regular drip, to cold brew, to instant coffee, to coffee you can get from a gas station. 99/100 are no sugar, but sometimes that pumpkin spice gets me dawg.
5 years younger biological age in that hyperspecific marker, mind you. Overall biomarkers may be worse or neutral still.
Another day another coffee is bad for you! Cant wait till the next article says the opposite!
Do people with longer telomeres have tolerance for caffeine? Not sure why caffeine, which worsens the ANS in the moment, would help longevity.
I had maniac episodes and panic attacks this year and my eyes look like a 40-year old guy who is tired of life. I do drink coffee but not that much because I’m starting to act weird i try to control myself
Telomeres have been proven to not be the reason people die of old age or have age related issues. It’s a marker of aging yes, but it’s consequence not a cause. Lost of people die of old age with telomeres long enough to not be the cause of their deaths.
Sure if people were to live longer, like in the 150-200 years old, telomeres would actually become a problem, but the fact that they are a problem is old news from the 90s-00s…
PS: Big Coffee paid for this study, right?
Was the control group just drinking water alone or would they be drinking less coffee in place of alcohol and soda? The headline reads like you gain lifespan from coffee when it may simply be instead that drinking coffee is better for lifespan compared to drinking options we already understand to be less healthy choices.
Let’s keep in mind that schizophrenics and bipolar people have signficantly shorter lifespans – usually a decade shorter than expected. Their telemores tend to be shorter.
Coffee is rich in compounds that work as antioxidants and caffiene is also known to promote better metabolism.
Would coffee consumption improve healthy active people’s telemores that’s likely already longer than unhealthy people? Unlikely.
Just tell me whether coffee is good or bad for me this week
People in the comments showing we have a long way to go in perceptions of mental illness and the value of studying people living with it. Most neurotypical people don’t care at all about schizophrenia. Why not study this? And sometimes such serendipitous discoveries are made.
Oddly specific research topic
I know there’s a lot of science out there about the positive effects of coffee, but damn I cannot drink that much coffee in a day regularly it would mess me up.