I couldn’t have said it better myself; if only I’d remembered to write it. Seriously, a new study from the University of  South Florida, has just been released that says drinking 5 cups of coffee daily will help reverse Alzheimer’s disease.

This is not the first time that caffeine has been praised; just the most abundant declaration of its value. Not just as an energy source, a mind-waking explosion from the dreariness of alarm clock cacophony, but as a product with scientific and health benefits. It turns out that coffee lessens the impact and production of plaque that builds up and contributes to the beginnings of Alzheimer’s.

OK, a few points of clarification. the study only involved 55 mice. Even I know that is hardly scientifically significant, but we are talking about coffee and caffeine. The 5-cup coffee formula (that’s about 500 mg of caffeine) means you’d need over 10 cups of tea, 2 lattes or cappuccinos from specialty brewers, or 20 soft drinks. So coffee it is!

When the mice were tested after two months of the coffee infusion, the same impressive data held true: They demonstrated a 50% reduction in levels of the dreaded beta amyloid protein, the accumulation in the brain that is targeted as being the most destructive and most central to developing Alzheimer’s.

Sure there are risks to overstimulating with coffee, but today it is possible to feel good about your coffee habit. This study shows that coffee reverses some degree of memory loss.

I’ll take mine iced!