The 30-year study of more than 200 000 people suggests that drinking coffee also lowers the risk of suicide.
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A new study finds that people who drink “moderate” amounts of coffee each day – three to five cups – can expect a 15% lower risk of premature death compared to people who don’t drink coffee at all.
More research is needed, study authors say the reason coffee drinkers may live longer could be due to their diet. Nothing new under the sun because we already know that coffee, often been deemed an elixir, a miracle potion of sorts and has been seen to reduce the risks of skin cancer and Alzheimer’s. The filtering process eliminated smokers, and the researchers found out that those who drank coffee were less likely to die earlier than those who did not drink coffee.
According to a new study, drinking coffee – whether regular or decaf – could reduce the risk of death.
Of course this isn’t the first study praising the benefits of coffee.
“Currently, strong evidence shows that consumption of coffee within the moderate range (three to five cups per day or up to 400 mg/d caffeine) is not associated with increased long-term health risks among healthy individuals”, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found in a scientific report released in February. As a part of the study, the researchers have evaluated coffee drinking habits of the participants through the measure of questionnaires provided to them after every four years for up to three decades.
Because decaffeinated coffee was found to be just as effective, researchers believe that the positive health benefits must come from somewhere else other than just the caffeine.
While coffee drinkers should feel free to continue their java habit, there can be too much of a good thing.
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“If people use a lot of sugar and cream, particularly if they decide on the basis of these findings to have an extra cup or two of coffee per day, they are adding calories in the form we do not recommend”, Lichtenstein said.
