A new, long term study, involving more than 400,000 participants, indicates that life span-increasing benefits of coffee are enhanced by more consumption of the beverage. Below are some details provided by Seppa (2012) in Science News.
- The study analyzed data by coffee drinkers during the 1990s.
- Researchers followed up with the volunteers between 13 and 14 years later.
Reduced Risk of Death in 13 to 14 Years
- Volunteers who drank two or more cups of coffee a day were 10 to 16 percent less likely to have passed away.
- Women who drank six or more cups a day reduced their risk of death 15% over non-drinkers;
- men reduced their risk 10% over non-drinkers.
Disease Risk Reduction
- Two cups a day offer some protection against heart disease-caused death,
- as well as diabetes and respiratory ailments.
- Four cups a day offer protection against stroke and infections.
It should be noted that researchers took several other factors of the volunteers conditions into account, including smoking habits, body mass and eating habits.
Reference
Seppa, Nathan
2012 Coffee Gives Jolt to Life Span. Science News (published online May 16, 2012). Electronic document, http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/340733/title/Coffee_gives_jolt_to_life_span, accessed May 16, 2012.
Lots of Coffee Increases Life Span by Shari Maria Silverman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
