If you’re already on your second cup of coffee from the office coffee machine, you may want to take a moment to reconsider. While there is plenty of information out there on the benefits and concerns of drinking coffee, a new study published in Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases reports that specific coffee machines, typically found in the workplace, contain high amounts of a substance that can elevate the body's low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. LDL cholesterol can lead to cardiovascular problems and may even lead to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
However, the study team from Uppsala University and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden say that there is a way to prevent this from happening, and it can be as simple as changing the coffee pot.
For this study, the research team focused on coffee consumed in Norse workplaces, most notably Sweden, which consumes the most coffee out of all the Nordic ...
