Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness
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·December 6, 2025devilsdata
foota
Idk about the op study, but I could imagine confounders with instant coffee consumption.
tootie
No, it affects everybody. Says so in the article. The distinction appears to be that severe mental illness is associated with shortened lifespan so coffee has a more profound anti-aging affect on that population.
ekjhgkejhgk
If I had severe mental illness I'd be immortal by now.
dentemple
I have ADHD, and I drink 2-3 cups' worth of coffee every day.
I'm basically a vampire now.
doubled112
Yesterday I drank a whole pot myself then had another cup or two. Keeps me in the game.
Where does that put me? Caffeine poisoning or immortality with no in between?
indubioprorubik
There can only be one. Or two. Maybe three. Four shoots espresso a day.
zafka
I wonder if what seems like much higher margins in coffee allow for more articles like this. While I want what they are saying to be true, I wish I did not have to pay $15.00 for a 26 ounce can of coffee.
brikym
Liking coffee linked to ...
lowdest
Do you like sweets? I noticed as I became an adult sometime in my mid-20s, I stopped liking sweet flavors as much and developed a new appreciation for bitter flavors. Like coffee and some vegetables.
jagged-chisel
Is this a quote? Or your own take?
nrhrjrjrjtntbt
Due to caffiene or something else?
aetherspawn
I think not the caffeine. The beneficial/healthy parts of coffee tend to be the coffee itself.
djaouen
As someone formally diagnosed with one of these mental illnesses, I can confidently say that coffee triggers a beneficial reaction to my illness as well as to other health-adjoint mechanisms in my body. To me, drinking coffee is like breathing air or eating food, and to go without it means symptom flare-ups.
busymom0
Is it the coffee or caffeine in coffee? Do you feel the same benefits if you have decaffeinated coffee? Can you replace it with just caffeine pills to get same effect?
djaouen
I have not tried caffeine pills myself, but I have found caffeine in general to be slightly beneficial, but with coffee having the most pronounced effect on my symptoms.
empressplay
Without any documentation of actual caffeine consumption this study is completely worthless.
micromacrofoot
how could it be worthless when it inspired such a valuable comment
renewiltord
Even the ones born not on Mondays between 0700 and 1100?
Is it possible that this phenomenon is specific to people with those mental illnesses? A wider general population study resulted in the inverse effect:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/6/1354
I only did a postgraduate degree, so I don't have the practice reading scientific studies to determine which is true. Maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in?