Coffee and tea drinking can prevent constipation according to a published research paper in 2022 in Cureus. The participants of this study were Parkinson’s disease patients and controls. To determine the association, a cohort of subjects from the UK Biobank UK – a large prospective observational study were included. Participants were recruited from 22 centers located throughout England, Wales, and Scotland between 2006 and 2010. During the study, 501,174 White and British subjects were followed for several months and evaluated. Findings showed that drinking coffee and tea each cup per day reduced Parkinson’s disease risk.
Coffee, and tea’s protective effect against Parkinson’s disease
Drinking coffee, but not decaffeinated coffee and tea can protect against Parkinson’s disease because caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant and neuroprotectant. The diterpene content of coffee and tea may also contribute to the protective effect against Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease since decaffeinated coffee has decreased diterpene ester levels.
Reference:
- (1) Lehrer, S., & Rheinstein, P. H. (2022). Constipation and Cigarette Smoking Are Independent Influences for Parkinson’s Disease. Cureus, 14(1), e21689. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21689
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