Coffee could reduce MS risk

Friday February 27th, 2015

Drinking coffee could help to lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis, it was claimed last night.

Compared to people who drank at least 6 cups of coffee per day during the year before symptoms appeared, those who did not drink coffee had about a 1.5 times increased risk of developing the disease, according to a Swedish study.

Drinking large amounts of coffee five or ten years before symptoms started was also similarly protective.

Dr Ellen Mowry, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore and a member of the American Academy of Neurology, said: “Caffeine intake has been associated with a reduced risk of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, and our study shows that coffee intake may also protect against MS, supporting the idea that the drug may have protective effects for the brain.”

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