18 comments

  • devilsdata 20 minutes ago

    Is it possible that this phenomenon is specific to people with those mental illnesses? A wider general population study resulted in the inverse effect:

    https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/6/1354

    I only did a postgraduate degree, so I don't have the practice reading scientific studies to determine which is true. Maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in?

    • tootie 3 minutes ago

      No, it affects everybody. Says so in the article. The distinction appears to be that severe mental illness is associated with shortened lifespan so coffee has a more profound anti-aging affect on that population.

  • zafka 21 minutes ago

    I wonder if what seems like much higher margins in coffee allow for more articles like this. While I want what they are saying to be true, I wish I did not have to pay $15.00 for a 26 ounce can of coffee.

  • ekjhgkejhgk 24 minutes ago

    If I had severe mental illness I'd be immortal by now.

    • dentemple 2 minutes ago

      I have ADHD, and I drink 2-3 cups' worth of coffee every day.

      I'm basically a vampire now.

    • indubioprorubik 23 minutes ago

      There can only be one. Or two. Maybe three. Four shoots espresso a day.

  • ares623 30 minutes ago

    Lots of coffee related articles reaching the front page recently.

  • brikym 34 minutes ago

    Liking coffee linked to ...

    • lowdest 17 minutes ago

      Do you like sweets? I noticed as I became an adult sometime in my mid-20s, I stopped liking sweet flavors as much and developed a new appreciation for bitter flavors. Like coffee and some vegetables.

    • jagged-chisel 26 minutes ago

      Is this a quote? Or your own take?

  • nrhrjrjrjtntbt 24 minutes ago

    Due to caffiene or something else?

    • aetherspawn 17 minutes ago

      I think not the caffeine. The beneficial/healthy parts of coffee tend to be the coffee itself.

  • djaouen 32 minutes ago

    As someone formally diagnosed with one of these mental illnesses, I can confidently say that coffee triggers a beneficial reaction to my illness as well as to other health-adjoint mechanisms in my body. To me, drinking coffee is like breathing air or eating food, and to go without it means symptom flare-ups.

    • busymom0 24 minutes ago

      Is it the coffee or caffeine in coffee? Do you feel the same benefits if you have decaffeinated coffee? Can you replace it with just caffeine pills to get same effect?

      • djaouen 22 minutes ago

        I have not tried caffeine pills myself, but I have found caffeine in general to be slightly beneficial, but with coffee having the most pronounced effect on my symptoms.

  • empressplay 33 minutes ago

    Without any documentation of actual caffeine consumption this study is completely worthless.

    • micromacrofoot 2 minutes ago

      how could it be worthless when it inspired such a valuable comment

  • renewiltord 39 minutes ago

    Even the ones born not on Mondays between 0700 and 1100?