by Margie King
(GreenMedInfo) Does your world appear completely unbearable until you’ve had that first cup of coffee in the morning? Do you need a java jolt just to deal with your day?
Science now indicates you may actually need caffeine to ward off the blues. Researchers are finding that drinking caffeinated coffee decreases the risk of depression in women. And the more coffee you drink, the better.
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We know that coffee is the most popular drug. According to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, caffeine is the most frequently used central nervous system stimulant in the world. Approximately 80% of caffeine consumption is in the form of coffee.
Depression is a chronic and recurrent condition. Previous research, including one prospective study among men, suggested an association between coffee consumption and depression risk. But women are more likely to be affected. In fact, depression strikes twice as many women as men, including approximately one of every five U.S. women during their lifetime.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health examined whether consuming caffeine or certain other caffeinated beverages is associated with depression risk in women. They studied 50,739 U.S. women who participated in the Nurses’ Health Study. Participants, who had a mean age of 63 and had no depression at the start of the study, were followed for 10 years.