Women less likely to suffer from depression

A U.S. study, involving 50,000 nurses found that women who consume two or more cups of coffee a day were less likely to suffer from depression.

Caffeine is the element scientists suspected as the source of this positive effect, as decaffeinated coffee has anti-depressant same results.
Team of researchers from Harvard Medical School followed 50,000 nurses over 10 years, between 1996 and 2006. Of these, approximately 2,600 women started to suffer from depression during the period studied. Most people who have been affected by depression or did not drink coffee at all or drank small quantities.
The study found women who drank 2-3 cups of coffee per day had a 15% risk
than to suffer from depression compared with those who drank a cup of coffee a week. The most encouraging result was that obtained in women who drank four cups of coffee per day, the risk of suffering from depression were 20% lower!



Researchers said the study provides new evidence for positive effects of caffeine. Earlier studies have shown that people who consume coffee have a lower suicide rate compared with the general population.

Professor Bertil Fredholm, of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said the results of this study: "This confirms what we knew about the effect of caffeine on the brain: it blocks adenosine, an event that has a similar effect with increasing amounts of dopamine in the brain. It becomes increasingly clear that areas rich in dopamine in the brain have a greater role in preventing depression than previously thought. And despite repeated efforts made to demonstrate an effect of coffee on human health, it appears that this is not is true. This study removes one more reason for anxiety regarding coffee consumption. evidence is increasingly clear - moderate coffee consumption does not affect human health. "
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