Posted on 06/16/2008 8:21:54 PM PDT by blam
Guzzling coffee may cut heart disease
22:00 16 June 2008
NewScientist.com news service
Ewen Callaway
A strong cup of coffee in the morning can feel like a life saver. Now, one of the largest and longest studies of coffee drinking suggests that coffee may indeed boost your lifespan – providing you drink enough of the stuff, that is.
The study tracked 129,000 men and women over two decades. It found that people who consumed several cups of coffee every day were less likely to die of heart disease than those who shied away from the stuff. Heart disease is an umbrella term for conditions including heart attacks, stroke, and arrhythmia.
The researchers found that women who drank four to five cups per day were 34% less likely to die of heart disease, while men who had more than five cups a day were 44% less likely to die.
Consumption caution
The new report adds heft to the hypothesis that coffee can stem heart disease, perhaps by battling the inflammatory damage associated with early stage illness.
"It looks like coffee has some effect that hasn't been established before. The general idea is that coffee is not so bad," says study leader Esther Lopez-Garcia, an epidemiologist at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Yet Lopez-Garcia and other experts caution that it's too early for people to act on the study's findings.
"Before declaring that drinking up to seven cups of coffee per day is beneficial for health, we should wait for some other confirmation," warns Francesco Sofi, an epidemiologist at the University of Florence, who was not involved in the study.
The new study is not the first to connect coffee drinking with good health. Over the years, other
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El Presidente Hugo once said he drank 33 cups a day.
That’s a relief, off the whole Russert thing.
"Saint Timothy"?
Sure, drinking 7 cups of coffee/day might enable you to live longer, but... you probably spend most of that time going to the bathroom to take a wiz.
THANK YOU!!!!
I am sending this article to my husband...
2 outa 3 ain't too bad!
.....BECAUSE CAFFEINISM IS FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I gulp around 7 cups a day...and proud to say that they’re never from Starbucks.
I should live forever, then...
Wait a minute.....so this will offset the smoking?
Just a month ago the doctor told me to quit drinking my 12 cup pot of coffee in the morning and switch to tea because of blood pressure.
:) me too!!!
I think this is an old wives tale.
Coffee is to the heart kinda like my old car. Runs force of habit.
who funded the study
starbooks
People love to hear good news about their bad habits.
I don’t want to know what it does to your bowels.
I think the most I’ve done is 3 or 4, but I drink coffee really sweet.
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