Are you about to have your third cup of coffee for the day, and feeling guilty about it?
Don’t. Your coffee addiction could make you live longer.
If coffee is already a part of your morning routine, chances are it's not going anywhere.
A double shot of good news has come out of two independent sets of research by Harvard University and Monash University on Tuesday, December 15 linking coffee consumption and good health.
The most recent study on coffee, published this month in the journal Circulation, found that a three to five cups of the drink daily could help prevent premature death.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers found that the benefits applied to those who drank caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, also included a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, neurological diseases, type 2 diabetes, and suicide.
Two to three cups of drinking coffee each day the study found to have an 18 percent lower risk of early death, compared to those who don't drink coffee.
Author Ming Ding, a nutrition doctoral student, said they Bioactive compounds in coffee reduce insulin resistance and systematic inflammation.
Diabetes is one of the biggest killers and it's getting worse every day. Drinking regular coffee every day may lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes--and the more you drink, the lower the risk.
Coffee is rich in an antioxidant called chlorogenic acid, which helps modulate sugar metabolism, control blood pressure, heart disease and cancer.
Coffee may also reduce the erectile dysfunction of stroke risk by decreasing the risk of blood clots.
Drinking the equivalent of a cup or two of coffee per day is associated with improved memory, and that for older adults, drinking three to five cups per day significantly reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer's or other dementia.
But drinking too many amounts of coffee can also lead to close off blood vessels, which could lead to a stroke.
In addition, coffee can cause insomnia, upset stomach, interfere with some medications, increase anxiety.
