Coffee improves liver health
A group of scientists from the United States found another proof that the favorite drink of many promotes the health of the liver, reducing the stiffness of its tissues.
New coffee research
Experts analyzed the data of 4,500 American adults who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and underwent elastometry, a diagnostic method that allows you to determine the degree of liver fibrosis by measuring the elasticity of its tissue.
Coffee is good for the liver
Scientists did not find a connection between coffee consumption and indicators of liver obesity, instead they found its effect on the stiffness of the tissues of this organ. Those who drank three or more cups a day had three times lower stiffness scores compared to those who drank less or no coffee. In addition, coffee addicts have a significantly lower risk of developing progressive liver fibrosis.
No such preventive effect was found in decaffeinated coffee, the authors of the study noted. They assumed that the basis of the communication mechanism is the properties of caffeine.
Other studies
Previously, a large study involving almost half a million residents of Great Britain confirmed that three or more cups of coffee a day reduce the likelihood of developing chronic liver diseases by 20%. The risk of death from these pathologies is 49% lower in coffee drinkers. Natural ground coffee has the greatest benefit. Soluble drinks without caffeine also have a preventive effect, but to a lesser extent.
It is also important to remember that coffee is not always good for our heart, because it works as a tonic. Which is not always well received by the cardiovascular system.
