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ADELAIDE, Feb 19 ― Coffee lovers, you may have to ease up on your favorite beverage, which, if consumed in too large quantities, could be harmful to your heart health. A new Australian study questions the heavy consumption of one of the world s most popular hot drinks.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of scientific studies have looked at the health effects of coffee, reporting as many advantages as disadvantages. It is difficult to disentangle the true from the false, except that like many foods, it should be consumed in moderation to gain the most benefits.
292 shares Our results do not necessarily mean that caffeine consumption has a negative impact on the brain, said Dr Carolin Reichert at the University of Basel. But daily caffeine consumption evidently affects our cognitive hardware, which in itself should give rise to further studies.
The researchers study had aimed to assess the impact of coffee consumption on sleep if consumed in the evening.
Sleep deprivation can in turn reduced the volume of the brain s grey matter, as previous studies have shown.
Grey matter refers to the parts of the central nervous system made up primarily of the cell bodies of nerve cells, while white matter mainly comprises the neural pathways, the long extensions of the nerve cells.