Ok, as we’ve shown on this site before, scientists and doctors basically know nothing.

Whether or not something is bad for you changes nearly every day. But on some days, it changes just right, and reaffirms what you’ve hoped believed all along: All the bad sh*t you do to yourself is actually good for you, and just might be the fountain of youth.

Well, today is one of those days.

Links to Alzheimer’s Disease and caffeine or coffee have long been made, but a recent study by the US team for the Journal of Neuroinflammation (obviously) found the connection between the two, showing that caffeine in the roasted brew protects against dementia by shielding the brain from damaging cholesterol.

From the BBC article:

“Caffeine appears to block several of the disruptive effects of cholesterol that make the blood-brain barrier leaky,” said Dr Jonathan Geiger, who led the study.

“High levels of cholesterol are a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, perhaps by compromising the protective nature of the blood brain barrier.

“Caffeine is a safe and readily available drug and its ability to stabilise the blood brain barrier means it could have an important part to play in therapies against neurological disorders.”

A spokesman for the Alzheimer’s Disease Society said that the study shed “important light” on why previous research had showed benefits for drinking coffee.

“This is the best evidence yet that caffeine equivalent to one cup of coffee a day can help protect the brain against cholesterol.

Next they’re going to tell us that pregnant women should smoke Lucky Strikes and drink Everclear, and crystal meth is good for your skin.

But for now, grab yourself the biggest coffee you can pronounce, and call up all your friends to tell them the good news. Wait…damnit, scratch that.