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Turns Out Your Favourite Drink Is Also Fighting Off This Skin Condition

I'll sip to that - by Alex Pierotti
  • 19 Oct 2018
Turns Out Your Favourite Drink Is Also Fighting Off This Skin Condition

Yes, tough mornings call for a cappuccino. But no doubt you've felt a bit nervous about your coffee addiction? No need to be. 

According to a new study published in JAMA Dermatology, women who regularly consumed caffeinated beverages were less likely to have rosacea - a condition characterised by redness, flushing and visible blood vessels on the face. 

Findings suggest that those who drank four or more cups a day showed the strongest defence against the inflammatory skin condition. Those who drank coffee less than once a month were 23 per cent more likely to suffer from the problem.

A team led by Wen-Qin Li from Brown university analysed a previous study that took place between the 1990s and early 2000s. Scientists examined lifestyle factors, dietary records and medical information of tens of thousands of female nurses.

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Participants were questioned on the drinking habits - coffee, tea, carbonated drinks and chocolate. The group of 82,737 women were also asked if they had ever been officially diagnosed with rosacea. 

As part of their work, the team of authors analysed self-reported caffeine intake collected between 1991 and either 2005 or the year respondents were diagnosed with rosacea. 

Scientists also considered other factors associated with rosacea - smoking, alcohol intake, BMI and physical activity. They also excluded participants who were diagnosed with the condition within four years. 

Interestingly, caffeine found in other beverages or chocolate did not reduce the likelihood of rosacea nor decaf coffee. Researchers suggest that not only caffeine but other bioactive compounds found only in coffee could help prevent the onset or symptoms of rosacea through anti-inflammatory characteristics. However, they admit more research is needed.

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“This is an observational study, not a randomised clinical trial (RCT), widely considered to be the gold standard in evaluating causal relationships. However, a randomised trial of long-term coffee drinking would be difficult to carry out – recruiting to the control group would be problematic for sure. Without an RCT we must rely on large, prospective cohort studies like this one as the next best option in evaluating these relationships,” write the study authors. 

“This study provides evidence that patients with rosacea need not avoid coffee, and it offers all of us 1 more reason to continue drinking coffee regularly. We will raise an insulated travel mug to that!”

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Alex Pierotti is the Digital Content Editor for Men's Health Australia, with experience reporting on health, fitness and sport. With a Journalism degree from UNSW under his belt, he got his start working in TV, working on the live broadcast of the Intrust Super Shute Shield on 7TWO before making the switch to print and digital at Pacific Magazines.

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