Coffee drinkers may live longer: study
Friday, 20 June 2008
LOS ANGELES, Jun 19 (Xinhua): Drinking up to six cups of coffee a day might not lead to early death but rather help the heart, especially for women, a new study has showed.
The findings were published in the June 17 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, published by the American College of Physicians.
"Our results suggest that long-term, regular coffee consumption does not increase the risk of death and probably has several beneficial effects on health," said leading researcher Dr Esther Lopez-Garcia, assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.
Lopez-Garcia stressed that the findings may only hold true for healthy people.
"People with any disease or condition should ask their doctor about their risks, because caffeine still has an acute effect on short-term increase of blood pressure," she said.
The findings were published in the June 17 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, published by the American College of Physicians.
"Our results suggest that long-term, regular coffee consumption does not increase the risk of death and probably has several beneficial effects on health," said leading researcher Dr Esther Lopez-Garcia, assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.
Lopez-Garcia stressed that the findings may only hold true for healthy people.
"People with any disease or condition should ask their doctor about their risks, because caffeine still has an acute effect on short-term increase of blood pressure," she said.