Health Benefits Can Increased Coffee Consumption Prevent Early Death?

How does coffee affect life expectancy??

There are always statements about the effects of coffee on human health. However, some benefits of coffee consumption noted in recent years remain controversial. Researchers now found that drinking coffee is associated with a lower risk of premature death.

Scientists at the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health have found in their recent research that consuming coffee can protect people from premature death. The physicians published the results of their study in the English language journal "JAMA Internal Medicine".

Many Germans drink three to four cups of coffee a day. Researchers now found that consuming coffee can protect against premature death. (Image: al62 / fotolia.com)

Drinking seven cups of coffee a day is still healthy?

The results of the study show that drinking up to seven cups of coffee per day can reduce the mortality rate by 16 percent. Seven cups of coffee actually contain twice as much caffeine as recommended by the British Food Standards Agency.

Data from nearly 500,000 people were evaluated for the study

For the study, the team used data from the so-called UK Biobank, where about 500,000 British adults between the ages of 38 and 73 completed health questionnaires, undergo physical examinations, and provided biological samples. Researchers asked each person about their drinking habits, tobacco and coffee consumption, including the number of cups they consumed per day. In addition, the doctors were interested in what type of coffee people were eating, either decaffeinated, ground or instant.

About 14,200 subjects died during the examination

During the follow-up period of ten years, around 14,200 of the participants died, but the researchers found that people with higher coffee consumption lived longer. The study found that participants who drank eight or more cups a day reduced their mortality rate by 14 percent. On the other hand, if the subjects drank six to seven cups of coffee a day, the risk of dying earlier was reduced by 16 percent.

Even small amounts of coffee lead to a longer life

Health benefits have also been associated with lower coffee consumption, but to a lesser extent, the researchers explain. Two to five cups reduced the risk of dying prematurely by twelve percent, while consuming just one cup or less than a cup a day resulted in a reduced risk of eight and six percent, respectively.

Drinking coffee can be part of a healthy diet

Consuming coffee reduces the risk of dying prematurely. This also applies to people with a slower or faster metabolism of caffeine, the researchers say. These results indicate the importance of components in coffee for reducing the mortality risk, which have nothing to do with caffeine. They also confirm that drinking coffee can certainly be part of a healthy diet, explain the doctors.

Coffee protects the heart

The new study follows a recent study published in the journal PLOS Biology, which already linked caffeine consumption with improved heart rate. Researchers at the Heinrich Heine University and the IUF Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Dusseldorf have found that consuming four cups of coffee a day can help protect cardiovascular cells from damage and even help repair them , The researchers concluded that drinking coffee or other caffeine-containing beverages could be particularly beneficial for older people because they are at greater risk for heart problems and heart disease than younger people.

Increases the consumption of coffee fears?

Many people think that coffee can increase nervousness and anxiety. In fact, scientists have been able to prove that certain types of coffee (such as mocha) can even reduce anxiety. According to scientists from Clarkson University in New York and the University of Georgia, this is due to the addition of cocoa (mixed roast), which helps reduce the anxiety-causing effects of caffeine. (As)