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Study finds coffee inhibits SARS-CoV-2 (cellandbioscience.biomedcentral.com)
submitted 11 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/science@lemmy.ml
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[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 34 points 11 months ago

This study verified moderate coffee consumption, including decaffeination, can provide a new guideline for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2. Based on the results, we also suggest a coffee-drinking plan for people to prevent infection in the post-COVID-19 era.

Aw heck yes, petition to name this the Janeway diet!

[-] PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

In the words on the great Janeway, “Do It!”.

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

There’s ~coffee~ an odds ratio decrease of 0.1 in that nebula!

[-] D3FNC@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

Nicotine and amphetamines had the same effect based on studies done during the pandemic, accounting for smoking's oddly protective effect that was observed initially, counterintuitively.

As someone with ADHD that dips and drinks coffee, none of that stopped me from getting covid repeatedly while working in a hospital.

[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Still getting COVID is consistent with the results of this study. Coffee helps, but only by 10%.

Based on the previous report analysis [26], drinking one or more cups of coffee per day was related to approximately 10% lower risk of COVID-19 compared to no coffee in the UK Biobank (UKB)

[-] Posadist_Paladin@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

hell yeah coffee and weed have ace2 inhibitors just what i need to hear to keep enjoying them guilt free baby

[-] Venus@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Is this actually true in the way that is intuitive or is it true in the same sense that if you have a petri dish with cancerous cells in it you can kill them with a handgun

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

According to the study at least, they claim to have seen a statistically significant difference in human trials with moderate coffee consumption. Whether the trials were well done is another question of course. :)

[-] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 7 points 11 months ago

Good news everyone

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

I was at an inpatient medical facility last year and they had a doctor come in specifically to give an hour long lecture about how smoking cigarettes prevents covid. It was the most surreal thing I've ever experienced and I have no idea where they found that Marlboro man ass doctor.

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

So between daily coffee and weekly cannabis consumption I should be well protected. Not to mention the vaccination. So why did I catch that shit last year??

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 10 points 11 months ago

Because 10% more protection does not mean 100% safe.

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

I wasn't being serious, in case that wasn't obvious. But thanks for the clarification.

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

I've lost my sarcasm detector when it comes to Covid 😑

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

That's understandable.

[-] sogo7@mastodon.social 1 points 11 months ago

@Chais @yogthos I was asking myself the same 🤣

[-] GorbinOutOverHere@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

CBD also helps and doesn't leave a motherfucker with the jitters

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Is that true? I don't do anything but I'd see about this if it kept my lungs from turning into beef jerky

[-] fox@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

It won't stop an infection from going bad but it can mildly reduce risk of infection iirc

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

I'm only half joking when I credit caffeine and cannabis for helping me dodge covid all this time (that I know of, I might've had an asymptomatic case but every time I've gotten tested it's been negative). Of course masking and living like a hermit even before covid kicked off definitely helps, but I'll take the excuse to indulge in my favourite vices

[-] TheLobotomist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

I heard beer helps a lot too!

Where I heard you ask? Well I red it somewhere... I'm sure it was a reliable source...

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

That site won’t let me reject cookies, I’m forced to accept them. So I’ll pass thanks.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 10 points 11 months ago

Well coffee and cookies go great together

[-] online@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

If you use Firefox you can turn on the thing that they just enabled in Germany by going to about:config and setting these options:

  • cookiebanners.service.mode 2
  • cookiebanners.service.mode.privateBrowsing 2

They are both set to '0' right now.

They are testing this setting, so if something goes wrong then change it back.

More information here: https://community.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/firefox-cookie-banner-handling/

Caveat: I just learned this on Lemmy in some other thread I can't find again.

[-] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Anyone else get a feeling of pressure in their eye when they drink coffee?

It happens to me sometimes but not always
that's why i stopped

[-] joranvar@feddit.nl 14 points 11 months ago

Do you remove the spoon from the cup, before you take a sip? /j

[-] Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

I would see an optometrist to check your eye pressure to prevent glaucoma to be safe.

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

I do not, but does that happen with decaf or with other caffeinated drinks?

[-] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

happens with decaf, doesn't happen with tea

it has nothing to do with caffeine

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

That's strange. The body is weird

I had a friend who drank a case of Coke a day and then had a mini heart attack at 18 and now he can't have any caffeine or he gets sick.

[-] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago
[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

I don't know, those two wide ones where the front pulled down as a dispenser.

I haven't bought coke in decades so I couldn't tell you.

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