Over the years, many studies have been conducted combining the consumption of coffee with better heart health. From regularly maintaining heartbeat to reduction of heart failure, a pile of evidence that coffee has a positive effect on the ticking, becomes thicker and thicker. And scientists have discovered another benefit: coffee can aid protect against heart attacks.
As reported Sci Tech DailyThe up-to-date study is the work of scientists from the Department of Chemical Pharmacology at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Toho University in Japan, and recently published in IT, scientists have examined the effects of ferulic acid, a naturally occurring compound in rice, some vegetables and coffee.
Using the arteries of pigs that look and act similarly to people, researchers, they discovered that ferulic acid worked to prevent contractions in coronary arteries that can cause chest pain, heart attacks and “other sedate problems with the vascular heart.” He did it through two basic mechanism. On a daily tech sci, ferulic acid blocks calcium in front of the entrance to muscle cells via “type L calcium” channels, which are responsible for arterial contractions. And also inhibits the activation of the “lightweight chain of myosin”, the protein “necessary for muscle contraction”.
It is estimated that a cup of coffee contains about 35 mg of ferulic acid, although there is no recommended daily amount. Some studies testing other positive ferulic acid found that 1000 mg is beneficial.
Perhaps the biggest find in the study was that ferulic acid supplementation was sometimes more effective than diltiaz, “a widely used medicine for loosening blood vessels.” And because it is based on plants and naturally occurs, it gives scientists hope that it can become a basic part of future heart drugs.
This is more good news on the front of health. Not because you really needed to drink coffee, but it’s still nice to have.
