Coffee during pregnancy is safe: A new study has failed to find any strong links between drinking coffee during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental difficulties in children, but researchers are advising expectant mothers to continue following medical guidelines on caffeine consumption. Dr Gunn-Helen Moen and PhD student Shannon D’Urso from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) led […]
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The UK’s worst addictions – With many people across the globe having recently made New Year’s resolutions, and many now struggling to keep them, a new study looks at the most addicted countries. The UK placed sixth in the study, with an index score of 60.32, and ranked highly for tea-addiction, drug-addiction and sugar-addiction. Experts […]
Genes reveal coffee is safe during pregnancy: University of Queensland researchers have found enjoying a daily latte or long black causes no increased risk to pregnancy. Dr Gunn-Helen Moen, Dr Daniel Hwang and Caroline Brito Nunes from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience used genetics to analyse coffee drinking behaviour, and their findings show limited coffee […]
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A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry and sponsored by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC), provides unique insights into the functional and connectivity changes that happen within the brain of regular coffee drinkers. This includes findings that when at rest, regular coffee drinkers had a reduced degree of connectivity in two areas of the brain (known as […]
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Good news for coffee lovers as Coventry University research finds consistent performance enhancing benefits of caffeine consumption: Researchers from Coventry University have discovered that the affects of caffeine on exercise performance do not diminish the longer people use it. It has long been acknowledged that the ingestion of caffeine can increase exercise performance. But Coventry […]
It’s clear that our caffeine levels are creeping up and up. Whether it’s a latte on the way to work or an espresso to get through the afternoon slump, coffee has become a routine pick-me-up for millions of Brits. However, there are growing concerns about the number of us who are addicted to caffeine and […]
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