Caffeine may lower tinnitus risk: review
Fruit, dairy and fibre intake are also associated with lower incidence of the condition, authors say.
In a win for coffee-obsessed GPs, caffeine may reduce the risk of tinnitus, with fruit, dairy products and fibre also beneficial, a study suggests.
In a systematic review and meta-analysis published in BMJ Open, the incidence of tinnitus was up to 10% lower among people who consume caffeine than those who avoid it.
For fruit, the reduction in occurrence was as high as 35%, for dairy 17% and for fibre 9%, the analysis of data from more than 300,000 participants found.
“The combined findings revealed that four diets (caffeine, fruit, dietary fibre and dairy products) were negatively associated with the incidence of tinnitus,” wrote the authors from the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Sichuan, China.
