{"id":10228,"date":"2025-05-07T19:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=10228"},"modified":"2025-05-07T19:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:01:56","slug":"research-suggests-drinking-coffee-may-reduce-the-risk-of-frailty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/research-suggests-drinking-coffee-may-reduce-the-risk-of-frailty\/","title":{"rendered":"Research suggests drinking coffee may reduce the risk of frailty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A new study\u00a0published in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00394-025-03683-0\"><em>European Journal of Nutrition<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has suggested that habitual coffee consumption of 4-6 cups and over* (with one cup measuring at 125ml) per day is associated with a reduced risk of frailty. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study, funded by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC) is the first to analyze the relationship between coffee consumption and the underlying components of frailty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Coffee consumption has previously been linked to reducing the risk of some of the natural symptoms of ageing, such as improving cognitive function<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0and mitigating against inflammatory related diseases. This latest research adds to the growing knowledge base within this area, exploring the benefits of regular coffee consumption over an extended period of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For this study, researchers conducted a detailed analysis over a long seven-year follow-up period, surveying 1,161 adults aged 55+ years through the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relationship between coffee consumption and the presence and incidence of frailty was investigated. Frailty status was evaluated using Fried\u2019s five-component frailty phenotype<sup>4<\/sup>,which is defined by the presence of three or more of the following symptoms: weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, slow gait (walking) speed, and low physical activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results of this study indicate that higher habitual coffee consumption is associated with lower overall odds of frailty. These findings can be considered alongside the European Food Safety Authority\u2019s (EFSA) scientific opinion that up to 400mg of caffeine (3-5 cups of coffee) per day is a moderate and safe amount<sup>5<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers explain that coffee\u2019s effect on reducing frailty can partly be attributed to the role of antioxidants in coffee, which may help to reduce inflammation, sarcopenia (muscle loss), and prevention of muscle damage. Coffee may also help to improve regulating insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake in older people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study\u2019s lead author, Margreet R. Olthof, Associate Professor at the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, commented:&nbsp;<em>\u201cDrinking coffee is a key part of many people\u2019s daily routine, and as people age they are constantly looking for ways to maintain their health. Our findings highlight the possible beneficial association between daily coffee consumption and reduced risk of frailty in later life in the older population. Coffee consumption may thus enhance healthy aging, but it is important we also explore further dietary interventions, to ensure older adults can continue to live fulfilling lives.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>* Moderate coffee consumption can be defined as 3\u20135 cups per day, based on the European Food Safety Authority\u2019s review of caffeine safety.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Habitual coffee consumption of 4-6 cups and over* (with one cup measuring at 125ml) per day is associated with a reduced risk of frailty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,3],"tags":[434,198,437,1526,2048,2218,1406,402,404],"class_list":["post-10228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","category-nutrition","category-spotlight","tag-civet-coffee","tag-coffee","tag-coffee-products","tag-coffee-shop","tag-good-life","tag-high-life","tag-honduran-coffee","tag-marley-coffee","tag-organic-coffee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10230,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228\/revisions\/10230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}