Can drinking coffee make the liver healthier?

When people think of drinking too much coffee, they may think of anxiety, elevated blood pressure, heartburn, and "nervation

But what will happen to your liver?

For decades, experts have been linking coffee consumption to reducing the risk of liver disease

This idea inspired Elliot Tapper, MD, associate professor of internal medicine at Michigan Medicine, who worked with liver experts at Harvard Medical School to avoid external influences.

The research team used the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to survey 4,510 people over the age of 20 who did not have viral hepatitis

"It is important to realize that there are multiple ways to understand a person's liver health," Tapper said

Therefore, Tapper and his team decided to use elastography to "literally assess the elasticity of the liver and reveal its stiffness

The technique used in this examination is comparable to ultrasound, which measures the stiffness of the liver by observing the motion waves flowing through the liver

The research team compared caffeinated coffee with decaffeinated coffee and tea

Although the answers to these questions usually focus on natural foods and vegetables, there have been many years of research around the link between coffee consumption and a healthier liver

As a result, the research team found that, taking into account life>

Tapper added that he hopes that this research will enable people to understand the burden of chronic liver disease in the United States, even though individuals may not necessarily know that they have liver disease

 Paper citation:

"Coffee consumption is associated with lower liver stiffness: a nationally representative study," Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology .