British media: Drinking coffee may alter genetic activity.

Original title: British media: Drinking coffee may alter genetic activity
British media said that drinking coffee may change the expression of some of our genes, which helps explain the health benefits of drinking coffee.
study suggests that coffee drinkers are less likely to develop certain diseases, such as heart disease, but people don't know why, New Scientist reported on April 28.
To learn more, Muhsin Gambari of the Rotterdam Medical Center at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and colleagues studied whether coffee intake was associated with specific epigenetic markers, chemical markers of DNA, that increase or decrease activity of specific genes that may affect health.
they studied nearly 16,000 African-Americans and Europeans for a specific marker, methyl.
reported that the more coffee cups a person drinks each day, the more likely they are to see changes in methyl levels in 11 specific DNA types in their bodies. This is true after taking into account age, body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption and other factors that may affect the outcome.
are often linked to genes that play a role in digesting, treating toxic chemicals and controlling inflammation.
, of the Australian Federal Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, said there were "attractive clues" as to how empticonal genetics explained some of the health benefits of coffee. But he says more research is needed to prove that these markers alter genetic activity and affect our health.
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