The Hill ran a fabulous article headlined, “Two to Three Cups of Coffee a Day Could Lead to a Longer Life: Study.”

The sub-headline quotes the related study: “Our findings indicate that drinking modest amounts of coffee of all types should not be discouraged but can be enjoyed as a heart-healthy behavior.

The article reports a newly-published British study of nearly 450,000 folks. They found drinking two to three cups of coffee every day was statistically associated with significantly lower risks of cardiovascular disease, irregular heartbeat, and death compared to people who, for some reason, avoid coffee.

Even decaf helps!

For daily coffee drinkers, the habit may have long-term perks alongside the morning caffeine buzz.

A new study of nearly 450,000 UK Biobank participants found drinking two to three cups of coffee each day was associated with significantly lower risks of cardiovascular disease and death than avoiding coffee.

The association was found among drinkers of decaffeinated, ground, and instant coffee, while ground and instant coffee, but not decaffeinated, were also linked with a reduced irregular heartbeat.

Twenty-seven thousand eight hundred nine people died throughout the study. Instant coffee drinkers had an 11% lower risk. Those who drank two to three cups of decaffeinated coffee had a 14% lower risk of death than non-drinkers. But those who drank ground coffee had a whopping 27% risk reduction.

The results suggest that mild to moderate intake of ground, instant, and decaffeinated coffee should be considered part of a healthy lifestyle,” the researchers concluded.

So, coffee is good for you!

Well, I did not stop with that one study. Here’s another from the Department of Nutrition at Harvard.

“The overall evidence has been pretty convincing that coffee has been more healthful than harmful in terms of health outcomes,” said Frank Hu, chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This was in an April 5, 2021, article in Discover. “For most people, moderate coffee consumption can be incorporated into a healthy diet.”

Hu said that moderate coffee intake—about 2–5 cups a day—is linked to a lower likelihood of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver, and endometrial cancers, Parkinson’s disease, and depression. It’s even possible that people who drink coffee can reduce their risk of early death.

Instinctively, we should all weigh the benefits and make our own choice. As for me, I’m going to pour myself a good cup of coffee! By the way, we choose to grind our coffee beans or use an organic coffee blend. 

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PAM FOSTER