研究發現:每日三杯咖啡可緩解肝臟疾病

People who drink more than two cups of coffee per day are less likely to suffer from liver conditions, according to a landmark Australian study.

根據澳大利亞的一項研究，每天喝兩杯咖啡以上有助於減緩肝臟疾病症狀。

The study, conducted by Monash University in Melbourne, focused on 1100 liver Disease patients at the Monash Health Clinic and found that coffee was able to reduce the impact on their condition.

墨爾本莫納什大學的通過在莫納什健康診所對1100位肝病疾病患者展開研究，發現咖啡有助於緩解患者病症。

Two cups a day were found to reduce the damage caused by hepatitis C by up to 13 percent. Four cups were found to reduce the signs of fatty liver disease -- the most common liver disease affecting about 40 percent of Australians -- by as much as 24 percent.

每天兩杯咖啡可以把丙型肝炎患病率最多降低13%，每天四杯咖啡可以減少脂肪肝症狀——脂肪肝是一種非常常見的病症，40%的澳大利亞人都有此類症狀——通過此方法可以降患病率低至24%。

Current statistics showed that around 6 million Australians are, or have been, affected by some form of liver disease, with fatty liver disease, hepatitis B and hepatitis C the three most common forms.

根據現有數據，大概有六百萬澳大利亞人現在或者曾經患有肝臟類疾病，例如脂肪肝、丙肝和乙肝都是比較常見的疾病。

Alex Hodge, a liver disease specialist at Monash Health, revealed the findings of the study this week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in San Francisco.

阿歷克斯·霍奇是莫納什健康中心的肝病研究專家。本週，他在舊金山美國肝病聯盟會議上發表了自己的研究。

He told Melbourne radio on Tuesday morning about the findings of his study and the apparent curative effects of coffee.

週二早間，他告訴墨爾本電臺，他發現咖啡有明顯的療效。

"Two or more cups of coffee led to an improvement in their liver disease," he said.

“兩杯或者兩杯以上的咖啡可以緩解他們的肝臟疾病。”他說。

"Certainly moderate amounts of coffee, depending on the liver disease you're looking at, seem to be associated with less liver damage and probably less liver fat."

“適量的咖啡可以緩解你的疾病，減少肝臟損壞，可能還會減少脂肪肝。”

The study found the most dramatic results were found in patients with hepatitis C and that drinking tea had no effect on the liver.

研究發現，攜帶丙肝的患者的療效最爲顯著。然而，喝茶並沒有產生相應效果。

In a separate study, coincidentally published on the same day, Harvard University's Chan School of Public Health found similar results with people who drink up to five cups of coffee per day.

在當天發表的另一項研究是由哈佛大學公共衛生學院所研究，其內容爲每天喝五倍咖啡有相似的療效。

"In the whole study population, moderate coffee consumption was associated with reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's and suicide," the findings found.

研究發現，“在研究羣體中，適量的咖啡攝入可以減少心臟病、糖尿病和帕金森、自殺行爲等神經類疾病的患病致死風險。”

"Bioactive compounds in coffee reduce insulin resistance and systematic inflammation," said Ming Ding, a Harvard doctoral student.

哈佛博士生丁明說： “咖啡中的活性化合物可以降低抗胰島素耐受性和系統炎症。”

"That could explain some of our findings. However, more studies are needed to investigate the biological mechanisms producing these effects."

“這可以解釋我們的發現。然而，我們還需要進一步研究產生這些效果的生物機制。”

No preventative effects were found during this study, which was published in the latest edition of the journal Circulation.

但是，在研究中並沒有發現咖啡有預防疾病的作用，該研究發表在最新一期《循環》雜誌中。