Cafestol is the main contributor of cardiovascular disease due to coffee (increases cholesterol). Get filtered coffee, or even better, black/mate tea, Matcha/green tea, Guarana or Guyausa (most of which have the reverse effect on cholesterol btw).
Yeah, genetically predisposed here, will likely die of a stroke sometime. Though green (and other) tea, Guarana and Guyausa have lots of cholesterine reducers.
So it sounds like cafestol is the most potent cholesterol synthesis agonists, but that it is in such small amounts in the beans that using a paper filter essentially eliminates it entirely. Even without a paper filter, its low enough that the studies show that you would need to drink more than 4 cups a day of unfiltered coffee for it to start having any sort of impact.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Cafestol is the main contributor of cardiovascular disease due to coffee (increases cholesterol). Get filtered coffee, or even better, black/mate tea, Matcha/green tea, Guarana or Guyausa (most of which have the reverse effect on cholesterol btw).
Taldan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I like how different people have said each different item is the main cause of heart disease
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
main cause of heart disease is having a heart
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, such a terrible thing. Let’s remove it! :D
Don’t mind the Aztec decorations in my clinic. :D
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Now can we stop being so mean to those poor heartless megacorp voting shareholders?
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Joke’s on you guys because reading my comments is the main cause of heart disease gottem
cmbabul@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Straight up didn’t know this, but I don’t and have never drank coffee and am the only man in my family without cholesterol issues.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yeah, genetically predisposed here, will likely die of a stroke sometime. Though green (and other) tea, Guarana and Guyausa have lots of cholesterine reducers.
waitmarks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Do you have a source on that?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Sure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_coffee
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafestol
waitmarks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So it sounds like cafestol is the most potent cholesterol synthesis agonists, but that it is in such small amounts in the beans that using a paper filter essentially eliminates it entirely. Even without a paper filter, its low enough that the studies show that you would need to drink more than 4 cups a day of unfiltered coffee for it to start having any sort of impact.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
oh yeah those neuroprotective issues are more important to me than the cardiovascular ones. YMWV