Zoomer Report
2018-07-17
It’s the latest entry in the long literature on the health effects of coffee. A study in JAMA Internal Medicine links imbibing daily to a longer life.
The study of roughly half a million adults in the U.K. shows that people who drink coffee – as much as eight or more cups per day – enjoy longevity benefits.
People who drank two to three cups per day had about a 12 per cent lower risk of death compared to non-coffee drinkers.The benefits seemed to increased the more coffee people drank with the sweert spot at six to seven cups a day. Those people had a 16 per cent lower risk of death, while people who quaff eight or more cups were 14 per cent less likely to die.
All types of coffee had a benefit, including decaffineited and even instant. That suggests that the advantageous ingredient isn’t the caffeine.
Researchers think it may be the combination of nutrients and antioxidant-rich compounds that are behind coffee’s healthful effects.The study adds to a growing body of research supporting the positive impact of coffee on organs such as the heart and liver, and a decreased risk of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes.