Researchers discover secrets of long life from coffee greece

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Who does not want a long and healthy life? Unfortunately, not many know the secret telling to get it. With the same motivation, a group of researchers also trying to look at life of the population of the people who aged the longest in the world which living in the Greek namely the community of Ikaria Island to get the secret of their longevity.

Such as ever written before, the population this island noted to have aged the longest in the world. On average, every person who lives on the island it his age reach 100 years. From it the researchers also concluded that the secret of community island ikaria is a Greek coffee.

The conclusion was obtained after a team of researchers led by Gerasimos Siasos, doctor and professor of medicine from the University of Athens Medical School, Greece recruited 71 men and 71 women from the island of Ikaria, aged between 66-91 years old to engage in their study. Apparently 87 percent of participants regularly drank coffee Greece, with a composition of 40 percent of coffee consumption in the number of 'low', 48 percent 'moderate' and 13 percent 'high' every his day.

Each participant was also asked to answer a questionnaire about lifestyle, general health condition and consumption of his coffee. Not only that participants also undergoing health screening is routinely, including measurement of blood pressure, cholesterol levels, checking diabetes risk and its endothelial cell function.

The results, compared with people who drank regular coffee, the function of the endothelial cells of coffee drinkers Greece looks much better, even among people who suffer from hypertension or high blood pressure.

Endothelial cells are cells that form a network called the endothelium in the blood vessels. If this cell is 'healthy' then blood vessels also healthy, meaning that it can contract and relax normally. Another case if the blood vessels 'sick', then diseases such as diabetes, heart attack, stroke and other chronic problems will be easy to attack.

Even that is not less surprising, Greek coffee is known not give any negative impact on the blood pressure of people who consume them. To make sure it, researchers have been compare conditions people who drink various types of coffee, including instant coffee, boiled coffee, 'cappuccino' or coffee that has been filtered.

"Greek coffee is rich in polyphenols and antioxidants, well as only contains caffeine with moderate levels. Apparently, third of things it is has provided a combination of benefits that not owned by other coffee," said Siasos.

Not just coffee, the researchers also discovered that Ikaria community, consuming herbal medicines, tea and honey that only exist on the islands it and not found in other places in corners of the world, well as has low levels of stress. could be consumption of materials that is what makes the community of Ikaria island be the people with the longest life expectancy in the world.

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