Can coffee prevent heart disease?
Coffee drinkers, haven’t had as many opportunities for self-congratulations, as studies have alternately labeled coffee drinking a virtue or a vice. But some recent studies have given coffee-lovers more reason to savor their cup of coffee, with reports that coffee drinkers may be less likely to get heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer.
The newest study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, suggests that long-time coffee drinkers have a slightly lower chance of dying earlier than expected, mainly because they are less likely to die from heart disease. Researchers found that women coffee drinkers were most likely to benefit. Men who drank coffee also had a slightly lower chance of dying, but the difference was very small and could have been due to chance.