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Post by Forever Sunshine on Sept 26, 2011 20:22:22 GMT -5
. . . as coffee intake rises
(Health.com) -- A few cups of coffee a day may help keep the blues at bay. According to a large new study, women who drink caffeinated coffee are less likely to become depressed -- and the more they drink, the more their risk of depression goes down.
The study, which was published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine, included more than 50,000 women between the ages of 30 and 55 who periodically filled out surveys about their coffee consumption and health. None of the women had depression symptoms (or a history of depression) at the start of the study, but during the next 10 years roughly 5% received a depression diagnosis or began taking antidepressant medication.
Compared with women who drank little or no caffeinated coffee, those who averaged two to three cups per day were 15% less likely to develop depression, even after the researchers took into account a wide range of potentially mitigating factors including marital status, church or community participation, and various health measures. Drinking four cups a day was associated with a 20% lower risk of depression.
www.cnn.com/2011/09/26/health/women-depression-coffee/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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Post by Spellbound454 on Sept 29, 2011 13:42:51 GMT -5
Oh that's nice to hear.....I have at least four cups a day plus tea and other beverages.
Only got depression once...post natally after the birth of my eldest son....I was told it had something to do with a drop in hormones. Pretty bleak there for a while... and I'm sad for anyone who has this miserable debilitating illness.
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Post by starlight07 on Sept 29, 2011 15:32:41 GMT -5
What about Pepsi?
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Post by susala on Oct 5, 2011 9:20:22 GMT -5
I don't drink much coffee but I drink Diet Coke every day. I think it works the same way coffee does.
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Post by snerdley on Dec 20, 2011 8:16:20 GMT -5
I will never give up coffee. Period. THey would have to pry my java from my cold, dead fingers!!
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Post by snerdley on Dec 20, 2011 8:21:37 GMT -5
I am getting depressed waiting for people to come on and post!
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Post by beags on Dec 20, 2011 16:17:30 GMT -5
Well I always drink coffee . . perhaps that's why I bounce off the walls?
However, sometimes depression does set in, but not for long. I think depression is more of a hormonal thing and doesn't really have all that much to do with coffee. If that were the case, coffee that is, I would never ever be depressed.
I guess I'm not really, most of the time I'm pretty dang happy.
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Post by femme on Dec 20, 2011 16:59:21 GMT -5
I have either coffee daily 1 to 2 cups or I have an energy drink (not the Red bulls and ones like that) the ones that you pour into your water that have B vitamins and ginseng. I am pretty upbeat most of the time but still struggle with depression depending on the time of the month which hormone levels do have a lot to do with.
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