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Green coffee as a novel agent for Alzheimer’s disease prevention by attenuating diabetes

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Translational Neuroscience

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Diabetes type 2, caused mainly by insulin resistance, is growing in incidence worldwide. In addition to being a major public health concern, type 2 diabetes is also a risk factor for dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease type dementia. Coffee consumption is reported to have protective effects in both diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. We review here the reported beneficial effects of coffee in both disease conditions and the previously identified active ingredients of coffee. Furthermore, we revisit our recent findings of improved glucose utilization in the periphery and in the brain in a mouse model of high-fat diet induced type 2 diabetes after treatment with a decaffeinated green coffee preparation. Overall, consumption of coffee appears to improve diabetes and reduce the risk of dementia, although future studies are required to further identify the active components and the type of coffee that is most effective in addressing these conditions.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Merina Varghese, Lap Ho, Jun Wang, Wei Zhao, Samara Levine & Giulio Maria Pasinetti

  2. Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York, 10468, USA

    Lap Ho, Jun Wang, Wei Zhao & Giulio Maria Pasinetti

  3. Department of Neurology and Neurobiology and Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, 920-9640, Japan

    Kenjiro Ono

  4. Geriatric Output Unit, Ospedale Alzano, Bergamo, Italy

    Salvatore Mannino

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Varghese, M., Ho, L., Wang, J. et al. Green coffee as a novel agent for Alzheimer’s disease prevention by attenuating diabetes. Translat.Neurosci. 5, 111–116 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13380-014-0213-y

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