Recently I’ve read a short article in German
concerning coffee and liver cirrhosis [1]. In this short article, it was
believed that "coffee has a favorable impact on metabolic syndrome, fatty
liver disease, and non-alcoholic fatty acid inflammation [NASH], and even
counteracts obesity and overall mortality." And: "The positive
effects appear to be primarily in caffeine-containing filter coffee." I
recall an earlier Swedish study that certain lipids were retained by the paper
filter as they compared the Swedish way of brewing coffee pressing the fluid
through a mesh in a jug with the method of retaining the ground coffee in a
paper filter in terms of hypercholesterolemia.
There has been a study on mice published in the journal
Hepatology [2]. According to the authors of this study “caffeine has a
potent effect in lowering levels of hepatic lipids by activation of autophagy
in cell culture and in vivo”. “Because there still are no approved drug
therapies for NAFLD [nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease] understanding the mechanistic
basis of action of natural dietary products such as caffeine offers further
insight into developing drugs for the prevention and treatment of NAFLD.”
D.M. Torres and S.A. Harrison had written on: Is it
time to write a prescription for coffee? Coffee and liver disease [3]. “Reduced
hepatic fibrosis seems to be specific to caffeinated coffee and does not seem
to be shared by other caffeinated beverages.” “There are approximately 1000
substances in coffee, including caffeine, diterphenoic alcohols, potassium,
niacin, magnesium, and the anti-oxidants chlorogenic acid (CGA) and
tocopherols.”
Coffee that contains caffeine and has been brewed with
the help of filter paper may help in the prevention and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and other diseases.
PS. The best way to brew coffee still is manually using filter paper in a porcelain filter cone - just like Mum & Dad were brewing coffee in 50ies or 60ies.
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