Saturday, June 5, 2021

Health Note - Caffeine and Gray Matter

 Beloved, 
I wish above all things that thou mayest.... be in health...
3 John 1:2
 
"Coffee, cola or an energy drink: caffeine is the world’s most widely consumed psychoactive substance. Researchers from the University of Basel have now shown in a study that regular caffeine intake can
change the gray matter of the brain. However, the effect appears to be temporary.

The result was surprising: the caffeine consumed as part of the study did not result in poor sleep. However, the researchers observed changes in the gray matter, as they report in the journal Cerebral Cortex.  

Gray matter refers to the parts of the central nervous system made up primarily of the cell bodies of nerve cells, while white matter mainly comprises the neural pathways, the long extensions of the nerve cells." SciTechDaily