Coffee and Atrial Fibrillation: When Conventional Wisdom is Neither
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Coffee and Atrial Fibrillation: When Conventional Wisdom is Neither
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This podcast examines the conventional wisdom suggesting that caffeine consumption increases the risk of atrial fibrillation (A-Fib). The podcast highlights that this widely accepted belief among healthcare professionals is not supported by recent evidence, citing a prospective, randomized clinical trial showing that patients with A-Fib who consumed caffeinated coffee had a lower recurrence rate of A-Fib than those who abstained. The podcast notes that coffee’s total composition, which includes anti-inflammatory compounds, may actually offer a protective effect against A-Fib, suggesting that focusing on single ingredients like caffeine can be misleading, and that often, particularly when it comes to food and health, the conventional wisdom is neither.