Study: Depressed ladies should drink coffee
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Maybe those pit stops at Starbucks are really worth it after all. In a new study, women who downed two to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day were 15% less likely to experience depression; those who drank 4 cups or more, 20% less likely.
It’s all about coffee dude! The Harvard study of more than 50,000 US nurses over a 24-year period was the largest of its kind, and researchers indicate it may apply to men as well.
The study gels with an earlier finding that moderate coffee drinkers have a lower chance of committing suicide, My Health News Daily reports. Other research has linked coffee-drinking to a lower risk of prostate cancer, breast cancer, and stroke. One psychiatry professor urges caution, however, noting the new study only considered nurses and didn’t ask them whether they faced challenges in life that might have caused depression.
Bottom line appears to be we should drink coffee. What about you? Do you drink coffee and feel better because of it?
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@Jess,
OMG!
I have never had a cup of coffee, smells just way too awful to me.
I would not drink coffee for years because of the foul taste. I would, however, experiment maybe once a year. I take a few sips. What I liked was the incredible scent.
What strikes me as funny is every other month, we have studies saying this is good, no wait it’s bad, no it’s good again.
Yes, but Jess, it is good today. Get your coffee while you can!!!
@Palabra, how did the medical treatment work? Is it a lifetime prescription or did they find a something they could sew or cut off to solve the problem? My wife has suffered from periodic depression her whole life and I don’t like her medicated, or depressed. I cannot convince her of what I believe, that learning about the mind, and the anatomy of happiness specifically, is the place to start. I am open, however, to the idea that could be a chemical problem.
Damn, there goes one of my best lines, “Sex cures depression.” Oh well, no one was buy it much any way. Most women said they would rather stay depressed.
Bottom line is we need to read the study. What types of depression, what sorts of symptoms? Interesting results, but I need to know more.
Maybe it is an individual sort of thing. Studies(Which I don’t have the names of, so I’m violating my own request to Carol)using caffeine for treatment of ADHD found it to not be of long term benefit- too mild a stimulant and too short lived an effect. But an ADHD friend of mine swears by 8-10 oz. of coffee before he interacts with other people, to help him focus.(I forgot why he’s not on traditional ADHD stimulants.)
The National Safety Council once published a study indicating people who drank 5 or more cups of coffee a day were often safety hazards when driving, due to being too jangly.
Bottom line- self medicate cautiously.
Have you considered the fact that caffeine is a stimulant? It is highly possible that ingesting large amounts of caffeine masks the symptoms of low grade depression.
I know that when I first began to suffer from a bout of depression, I switched from water to caffeine-rich soft drinks because I wanted the energy boost. It worked for a little while. Eventually, I sought medical treatment. Now, I don’t need caffeine anymore. 🙂
This may apply to the woman with unipolar or situational depression, but for the bipolar, not so much. I drink two cups in the early mornings – anything more than that and I’m climbing the walls. However, I do like “good” coffee, which means no Starbucks swill, and I like it strong, as in New Orleans style.
I have never had a cup of coffee, smells just way too awful to me. I don’t think even if it was some miracle cure for anything, I could find a way to down a few cups of it. What strikes me as funny is every other month, we have studies saying this is good, no wait it’s bad, no it’s good again. I’ll stick to herbal tea and water till that is found to be bad for you 🙂
I’m on my third cup and I still don’t feel like partying! So what’s up with that?