But now a team of experts say your morning cup of Joe could be helping to prevent the onset of dementia. The chemicals help boost a key enzyme in the brain — and could pave the way for new drugs to combat the devastating condition. Professor Hui-Chen Lu, from Indiana University, said: “This work could help advance efforts to develop drugs that increase levels of this enzyme in the brain. “It could create a chemical 'blockade' against the debilitating effects of neurodegenerative disorders.”The enzyme, known by it’s scientific name NMNAT2, plays two roles in the brain. By 2025, that number is expected to rise to more than one million, and by 2050 will soar to two million, experts predict.

Source: Fox News March 08, 2017 16:52 UTC