Coffee Put to the Test for Treating Parkinson’s Disease

[@laserbeam1787]

I always like how Dr. Greger concludes his videos with his final point and video’s over. No reminders to like and subscribe, no announcements, nothing. Just BOOM! DONE! The end! I love it. 😂

[@om-nj2hw]

The coffee/ tea probably worked better than the caffeine pills cause the whole drink has antioxidants etc more than just caffeine.

[@flyingmonkeyhitsatree2441]

6 years ago my mum died of ovarian cancer, from that day I look for reasons why. I came to veganism and then to nutrition facts. I convinced my dad to turn into a vegan. He started to develop a cancerous tumour on his ear, due to covid 19 he couldn't get seen. 2 years later the cancer had grown to the size of about 3 grapes. He got back all the MRI, head and neck scans blood tests etc and the cancer had only stay in his ear area the cancer was also a extremely slow growing one. The doctors where shocked it had not spread. Im 100% certain his cancer was coming on for years slowly since my mum died. I'm also certain his diet has stopped the cancer from spreading, every day he has porridge, a large lentil salad mid-day and a meal I make for him in the evening. Followed by a smoothie with kale,tumeric,cardamon seeds, alma powder, matcha powder, beetroot, ginger, one garlic clove,mint leaves and frozen berries and a banana. A plant based/vegan diet is not a magic bullet but it will help. good luck guys. much love.

[@veganangel68]

It wasn't actually coffee put to the test, it was caffeine.

[@olabanas7658]

Isn’t the study at 2:25 about coffee? And the next one is indeed about caffeine because it’s the primary ingredient which they wanted to test. Oh, and with caffeine pills, it's easier to make placebo pills than it would be with coffee

[@stephss]

Thanks! I was just going to say that "coffee" and caffeine are not equal.

[@davidlosangeles314]

True also it should consider that green coffee been are more antioxidant rich and have a bit less caffeine than regular dried coffee beens I recommend a follow up video to compare and explain health differences and benefits of green coffee beens vs regular coffee been cus my hypothesis is this if true that the green coffee been has more a antioxidants it should provide a better result probably than those provided on this video but guess we will have to wait to find out.

[@jadedk9916]

At 6 months the caffeine didn't seem to work, but at 12 months it did seem to work. So even if it didn't seem to work at 18 months, who knows it works again some time after 18 months. The caffeine group has consistently fared better than the placebo group, so I think it's worth drinking some coffee.

[@peanutnutter1]

It may have provided a boost that led the subjects to be more active, maybe after a while they returned to the original lower level of activity.

[@XrayTheMyth23]

Probably not a realistic solution to the symptoms if it only works 6 months off/on. Coffee is something that is powered by addiction so I would not recommend it on a regular basis. (or anything caffeinated really aside from maybe some teas)

[@jadedk9916]

@@XrayTheMyth23 Nobody needs your recommendation. People need science. And the science seems to say that you can significantly lower the symptoms of PD for most of the 18 months, and perhaps longer. Since regular coffee consumption lowers all-cause mortality, one should drink coffee anyway, and this PD symptom lowering effect is simply an added benefit.

[@trevorregay9283]

Curious vid here......the second study involved caffeine pills, not coffee....as compared to the first study which was coffee....I think more research has to be done with this.....using coffee....I would be curious to know if using decaffeinated coffee would have the same effect? To me, I would definitely drink coffee if I had Parkinsons or knew someone I wanted to help that had Parkinsons........so, I'm not going to drawn the same conclusion that our good doctor has here on this subject.....

[@nosilverbullet4pd998]

many thanks for sharing

[@Blink_Youtube]

Thanks for putting out these videos! They help me address some of the questions I always had :)

[@irinakuklina6621]

Thank you for videos! They are very informative and interesting!

[@-Kerstin]

Isn't the title of this video completely wrong? They never tried coffee against PD. All they tested was caffeine pills which is obviously different.

[@olabanas7658]

Isn’t the study at 2:25 about coffee? And the next one is indeed about caffeine because it’s the primary ingredient which they wanted to test. Oh, and with caffeine pills, it's easier to make placebo pills than it would be with coffee

[@trevorregay9283]

@@olabanas7658 yes, but....sometimes perhaps its not the "caffeine" in the coffee, but whatever the sum of the whole of the coffee bean is what helps Parkinsons......if anything, the takeaway from this to me is that if I had Parkinsons or a relative, I would have them drinking coffee......

[@jannacoyote4246]

@@trevorregay9283 ; … or, tea. They also used tea, in the first experiment.

[@trevorregay9283]

@@jannacoyote4246 Ah....good catch!

[@YD-uq5fi]

The problem is that coffee specifically increases my blood pressure to 145/100. I have tested that many times. Celery + Beet juice, by contrast, lowers my blood pressure back down to 127/84, and keeps it there.

[@sunrisesunset7]

same. and same!

[@williammorgan7769]

Add magnesium to your coffee.

[@sidilicious11]

But strawberries can be.recommended?

[@Andreassss1994]

Can you do a video on how to improve neuroticism?

[@thehumblespinster]

What's you opinion on green tea and tea in general for bone health? I know that caffeine is detrimental to bones, but I saw a study done in 2019 that found that green tea may actually benefit bone loss or potentially inhibit it?

[@bwlewis1964]

Can’t go wrong drinking green tea

[@tinyjungle_]

As someone who grows and eats lots of annonas, I'm very curious if the same effect has been found in other annona fruits besides soursop?

[@GoustiFruit]

We don't know, until you... put it to the test !

[@tinyjungle_]

@@GoustiFruit lol I've definitely been putting it to the test. The idea of being a guinea pig isn't so exciting though.

[@Julottt]

Soursop is one of my favorite fruit, delicious but i dont eat it often because i dont live in the tropics. Pretty sure it is not the ripe fruit flesh that is toxic, it wouldnt make any sense since it is delicious and not bitter (a sign of natural toxicity.) It comes as said in the video from the leaves and probably the seeds and the skin. Anona and cherimoya dont have the same taste as soursop at all, they are very different fruit.

[@tinyjungle_]

@@Julottt while I appreciate your reply I'm looking for science rather than speculation. I've eaten many varieties of annona and they all have their own taste. I don't think that's a compelling enough reason to dismiss possible side effects in other annona. The bitter assertion isn't very compelling either. Many bitter foods are healthful and good for us. Cherimoya is an annona so I'm not sure what you mean by annona tastes different than cherimoya. I do speculate and lean towards the seeds being the main culprit but I wouldn't tell anyone that unless I had very compelling evidence. It is also possible that people are making too much soursop leaf tea and that could be contributing to the problem. All speculation tho and that's why I'm looking for more science on the matter. I would like to have peace of mind knowing that eating all the soursop, sugar apple, custard apple, cherimoya, etc flesh isn't doing long-term damage to myself. Edit: fyi the study he cites and the one you reference from the video says there's a link to over consumption of fruit AND aqueous infusions of leaves (tea). Clearly based on the studies and the wording we need much more clarification before giving people recommendations.

[@Julottt]

@@tinyjungle_ Bitter taste is a sign of toxic compounds even if it can be not very harmful or dangerous, toxicologist know this well. You probably think coffee is healthy but caffeine is a natural pesticide made by the plant, just like nicotine.

[@Ded-Ede]

Omg. I love love love soursop. I even got two trees I love the fruit so much.

[@ddpwe5269]

Just remember to drink your coffee through a paper filter!

[@bam111965]

Well duh, you can't just keep drinking 2 cups of coffee a day forever. It stops working. But they, as is typical of dorky science types, ignored the obvious solution - MORE COFFEE! Every once in a while, when the therapeutic dose causes too many tremors itself and you can no longer sleep, quit for a while, sweat out the headaches, and then wham bam thank you ma'am you're back to baseline and can start all over again! It's as if they researchers never drank coffee.

[@krishnaveganathar]

Could you highlight studies on juggling for Parkinson’s and neuro degenerative diseases? Ambidexterity is shown to be preventative.

[@ainsleyameerali7622]

Wow i didnt know that about soursop. We are often told eat up

[@Julottt]

Soursop is one of my favorite fruit, delicious but i dont eat it often because i dont live in the tropics. Pretty sure it is not the ripe fruit flesh that is toxic, it wouldnt make any sense since it is delicious and not bitter (a sign of natural toxicity.) It comes as said in the video from the leaves and probably the seeds and the skin.

[@ainsleyameerali7622]

So we have to go easy .. not to eat it morning noon and night

[@memyselfandmik3]

If you cycle any caffeinated beverage then you might gain benefits. Have caffeine one week, then don't have it the other. It's a bit difficult to do as caffeine is a drug and cycling in and out would mean having some will power to do it.

[@byNetak]

VERY Nice

[@samiryan214]

It's at 2:38

[@AndrewPawley11]

Another great video.

[@lorah3005]

#BoycottMeat and all other animal products of cruelty and exploitation in any way possible!

[@KJSvitko]

Humans are crowding out all other species of plants and animals. How many of the plants that have not been studied yet could be beneficial to treat illnesses.

[@phillippinter7518]

I wonder if this causing Parkinsons applies to sweetsop, Cherimoya, atimoya, sugar apple ect..

[@sejapositivo__]

make a video about nicotine gum

[@Julottt]

No surprise since caffeine is a natural pesticide. Soursop is one of my favorite fruit, delicious but i dont eat this often since i dont live in the tropics. Pretty sure it is not the ripe fruit flesh that is toxic, it wouldnt make any sense since it is delicious and not bitter. It comes as said in the video from the leaves and probably the seeds and the skin.

[@MrDarrylR]

Plenty of plants have longer term neurotoxic effects. In soursop's case, its the compounds coreximine, reticuline, and especially annonacin that are toxic to dopaminergic neurons. Annonacin is chronic neurotoxic at 7 mg/kg doses PO in animal studies: an amount so small that it wouldn't effect the flavor much at all. I haven't located any papers comparing amounts in unripe or ripe fruit, only in leaves and seeds.

[@Julottt]

@@MrDarrylR These compounds are probably not present in significant amount in the ripe flesh of the fruit. Limonene is carcinogenic in citrus fruits but it is only present in significant amount in the peels. There are plenty of others similar exemple.

[@arkrainflood]

i have also read the coffee reduces the risk of dementia and nafld. maybe its not just the caffeine, but all the phytonutrients in coffee?

[@mranfeliloi]

Plant-based diets, pescatarian diets and COVID-19 severity: a population-based case-control study in six countries

[@woxy6532]

I always hated coffee and eggs my hole life

[@rickyenene2603]

guanabana causa atypical parkinson damn! 1:22

[@jamessullenriot]

So that would make me wonder if you get some benefits over the short term - 3 - 6 weeks ... How about doing it for 3-6 weeks sessions, then don't drink coffee for a week or 2 so your body resets and then drink again for another few weeks.

[@pokagal7335]

So, the question then is, what caused caffeine's efficacy to drop off over time?

[@BradleyCTurner]

Maybe build up of tolerance?

[@aheumedivirtoXD]

Although it's sad this time, i somewhat dig the plotwists on the video lol

[@alphatucana]

Well, you started talking about coffee, but ended up talking about caffeine. There are lots of chemicals in coffee. What about the effects of *coffee*?

[@rashie]

👍👍

[@nakulpuniyani]

Red Bull gives you wings 🐮

[@laurataylor7103]

Try eliminating anti nutrients like oxalate & salicylate.

[@jannacoyote4246]

Somehow, I don’t think it was the caffeine that was helping those patients in the first experiment. There are other natural chemicals that coffee & tea have in common. 🤷🏻‍♀️💜🍵🫖☕️💜🤷🏻‍♂️

[@william54378]

I’d rather die early than be wired on caffeine all day anyway. It makes me sweat a lot too.

[@davidgeorge7443]

That sucks!

[@Rafas216]

testaram cafeína, não o café. O café possui muitas outras substâncias.

[@moremusic99]

Rats!

[@samiryan214]

Does Putin knows about this?

[@sdaiwepm]

Spare us the vegan evangelism!