Study shows light to moderate coffee consumption is associated with health benefits (Only ground coffee lowered mortality risk)

Medical Xpress / Queen Mary, University of London / European Journal of Preventative Cardiology ^ | Feb. 10, 2022 | Dr. Judit Simon, Ph.D. et al

[ConservativeMind]

Having up to three cups of coffee a day has a protective effect on heart health. It also reduces the overall mortality rate and the risk of stroke.

The participants were divided into three groups: non-coffee drinkers, light to moderate coffee-drinkers and those who consumed a significant amount of coffee a day. The researchers also used MRI scans to gain a better understanding of how coffee-drinking habits affect the anatomy and functioning of the heart over time.

Professor Steffen Petersen said: "The large sample size, linked health data, and detailed heart MRI scans available in the UK Biobank offered a strong base to address this research question. According to the results, light to moderate coffee consumption is not damaging from a cardiovascular point of view, and it could be beneficial. As far as we know, this has been the largest study to date which focused on the effect of coffee on cardiovascular health."

Co-author Dr. Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, added: "Most of the participants drank either ground or instant coffee. The ground coffee in moderate amounts was associated with lower mortality risk—but this benefit was not found amongst the regular instant coffee drinkers."

Dr. Judit Simon, Ph.D. said: "Light to moderate coffee consumption was associated with a 12 percent lower risk of overall mortality, and with a 17 percent lower risk of death caused by cardiovascular diseases compared to non-coffee drinkers. In addition, from half to three cups of coffee was associated with a 21 percent lower risk of stroke."

"It's also important to highlight that even for those who were heavy coffee-drinkers, we did not find evidence of negative cardiovascular consequences,"—said Dr. Maurovich-Horvat. "However, there were no positive health benefits observed in this group—as in the group of the light to moderate drinkers."

[muir_redwoods]

Light roasts keep more of the volatiles that get cooked off in dark roasts.

[Prov1322]

I was gifted a few bags of Death Wish Dark Roast.

Really good...but I crave Dark Roast coffee.

[entropy12]

I am living example of benefits from daily walking on treadmill. This video is from my 81st birthday. In just a few weeks I will post my exercise video from 82nd birthday.
If I have the discipline to keep this up, there is no reason why I can’t do this exercise on my 100th birthday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I55ZxIwbuOU

[gitmo]

This is obviously misinformation. There’s no such thing as light to moderate coffee consumption.