Revista Peruana de Medicina Integrativa

Café y cafeína y sus efectos sobre la salud

Coffee and caffeine and their effects on health

Víctor Vera-Ponce

Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima-Perú.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-9049

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Resumen

El café es la sustancia psicoactiva más consumida en el mundo, con múltiples propiedades beneficiosas. En esta investigación se revisan estudios sobre los efectos del café y la cafeína en la salud. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica de revisiones sistemáticas y artículos originales de diversas bases de datos relacionados al café y la cafeína. Se encontraron estudios sobre el café y sus efectos en el sistema nervioso central, digestivo y cardiovascular. Asimismo, se revisan las formas del consumo de café como descafeinado, instantáneo y molido. Aunque agrava la gastritis, disminuye la absorción ósea de calcio, aumenta la presión arterial y reduce la biodisponibilidad del hierro; el café también es un antiinflamatorio, disminuye el apetito, aumenta la diuresis y alivia la cefalea.

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