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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: TomSea on March 29, 2018, 02:15:08 pm

Title: Unlucky 10% have gene that makes it difficult to digest caffeine
Post by: TomSea on March 29, 2018, 02:15:08 pm

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Unlucky 10% have gene that makes it difficult to digest caffeine

    10% of the population at a greater risk of heart attacks when they drink coffee
    James Madison University, Virginia, tested 101 male athletes in their latest study
    They found the gene CYPIA2 determines how we process caffeine in our bodies
    Meanwhile 50 per cent of us have a CYPIA2 gene that digests caffeine normally

By Jack Flanagan For Mailonline

Published: 05:05 EDT, 29 March 2018 | Updated: 06:56 EDT, 29 March 2018

It's long been used by athletes as a legal stimulant to boost their performance.

But a new study claims caffeine has the wrong effect on an unlucky 10 per cent of people when they exercise - making them run slower.

A trial on student athletes discovered the majority ran 6km (3.7 miles) quicker after drinking it - but a handful were 14 per cent slower.

Read more at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5557561/Unlucky-10-gene-makes-difficult-digest-caffeine.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5557561/Unlucky-10-gene-makes-difficult-digest-caffeine.html)

Title: Re: Unlucky 10% have gene that makes it difficult to digest caffeine
Post by: TomSea on March 29, 2018, 02:16:04 pm

This won't mean much unless more data comes to the fore; but it does appear to be worth noting. Perhaps one is of that 10% caffeine is not good for.