Drink coffee to live longer.
Drink coffee to live longer
According to a recent study, drinking 2/3 cups of coffee a day can extend life expectancy, because this drink is able to protect us from the onset of cardiovascular, liver, Alzheimer's and dementia diseases.
Researchers have suggested that coffee consumption should be considered part of a healthy lifestyle.
Therefore, the consumption of this drink was associated with a 14%, 27% and 11% lower chance of death over a 12.5-year period for decaffeinated, ground and instant preparations, respectively.
About 449,563 people filled out a questionnaire specifying how many cups of coffee they drank each day and whether they routinely drank instant, ground or decaffeinated coffee.
Although all types of coffee were associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease, the lowest risk was found in those who drank up to three cups a day.
It has also been shown that:
Drinking coffee is associated with a lower risk of contracting liver disease: it applies to any blend and preparation, even decaffeinated.
The researchers followed them for 11 years. During this period, 3,600 cases of chronic liver disease occurred with 301 deaths and 1,839 cases of fatty liver, a condition that can lead to excessive organ inflammation and even serious complications.
Coffee has a PROTECTIVE EFFECT on the liver.
After considering other factors that can affect liver health, such as smoking or alcoholism and body mass index, it was found that those who drank coffee in any quantity and of any type had a 20% reduced risk of developing a chronic liver disease or fatty liver.
Coffee drinkers also ran a 49% lower risk of dying from these same causes. The protective effect increases with the amount of coffee consumed, but up to 3-4 cups a day: beyond this threshold no further benefits are observed.
Coffee lowers the risk of stroke and dementia by a third.
Every year in Italy there are just under 200,000 cases of stroke. About a third of these people do not survive this event. The different forms of dementia affect about 1,000,000 Italians, of which about 600,000 live with Alzheimer's. Both of these conditions are on the rise among the population.
In the research, the team observed 365,000 people between the ages of 50 and 74, monitoring them for more than a decade. At the beginning of the study, the participants released a statement explaining how much tea or coffee they drank. Over time, 5,079 participants developed a form of dementia, while 10,053 had a stroke.
Several studies arrive at the same conclusion: coffee is good for you!
• European Journal of Preventative Cardiology.
• Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, Australia
• UK Biobank