No nā poʻe makemake kofe a pau ʻaʻole hiki ke noʻonoʻo i kahi lā me ka ʻole o nā kīʻaha o kā lākou mea inu punahele, ua hana nā ʻepekema ʻAmelika i kahi ʻike hoihoi.
Inā inu mau ʻoe i ke kofe, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e kōkua ai i kou kino i kāna hakakā ʻana me ka maʻi Alzheimer. Ua loaʻa kēia hopena e nā ʻepekema mai ke Kulanui ʻo Edith Cohen, nāna i alakaʻi i kahi noiʻi lōʻihi e pili ana i kekahi mau haneli poʻe kamaʻāina Australia.
Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike ka haʻawina i ka hopena o ka kofe i ka pale ʻana i ka emi ʻana o ka cognitive ma 227 mau maʻi ʻelemakule i hōʻike ʻole i nā hōʻailona o ka dementia. Ua nānā ʻia ke olakino o nā mea komo no 126 mau mahina. I loko o kahi pūʻulu o nā mea manawaleʻa, ua nānā ʻia ka pilina ma waena o ka inu ʻana a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka beta-amyloid i loko o ka lolo a i ʻole ka nui o ka lolo. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Beta-amyloids he kumu nui i ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi o Alzheimer.
ʻO ka poʻe maʻi ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka hoʻomanaʻo impairment a inu mau i ka kofe i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke aʻo ʻana he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi cognitive haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia ka mea ma mua o ka maʻi o Alzheimer. Ua pale aku ka kofe i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka beta-amyloid akā ʻaʻohe hopena i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka atrophy o ka mea hina a me ke keʻokeʻo a i ʻole ka emi ʻana o ka hippocampus, ka ʻāpana lolo ke kuleana no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hoʻomanaʻo lōʻihi.