Posted on: Sunday, October 27th 2013 at 12:45 pm Written By: Margie King, Health Coach

Tired of apologi ing for your addiction to a morning mug !or t"o or three# of coffee$ %o more need for guilt & that 'a(a may be 'u)t "hat the doctor )hould order* +ccording to a )tudy in the %e" ,ngland -ournal of .edicine, older adult) "ho drin/ coffee ha(e a lo"er ri)/ of death o(erall than non0coffee drin/er)* The coffee drin/er) "ere le)) li/ely to die from heart di)ea)e, re)piratory di)ea)e, )tro/e, in'urie) and accident), diabete), and infection)* The )tudy "a) conducted by re)earcher) from the %ational 1ancer 2n)titute !%12# and ++34* O(er 13 year) they e5amined the coffee drin/ing habit) and ri)/ of death in 400,000 6*S* men and "omen aged 50 to 71* The participant) an)"ered a 7ue)tionnaire a) part of the %280++34 9iet and 8ealth Study from 1::5 to 200;* .ore coffee i) better

There i) e(en more good ne"): none of thi) moderation )tuff* The re)earcher) found that the ri)/ of death decrea)ed a) the amount of coffee con)umed "ent up* 2n general, participant) "ho dran/ three or more cup) of coffee per day had a 10< lo"er ri)/ of death compared to tho)e "ho dran/ none* .en "ho dran/ four to fi(e cup) of coffee e(ery day reduced their ri)/ of death o(er the )tudy period by 12<* =omen reduced their ri)/ by 1><* The re)earcher) "ould not )ay that coffee cau)e) the lo"er ri)/ of death* They couldn?t e5plain the a))ociation but belie(e their re)ult) @pro(ide )ome rea))urance that coffee drin/ing doe) not ad(er)ely affect health*@ 8o" doe) coffee lo"er your ri)/ of death$ +ccording to the re)earcher) the "ay coffee help) protect again)t the ri)/ of death i) not clear becau)e @coffee contain) more than 1,000 compound) that might potentially affect health*@ One of tho)e compound) i) caffeine but that doe) not )eem to be the /ey* 2n the )tudy there "ere no difference) among tho)e "ho dran/ decaf or high te)t* The re)earcher) al)o cautioned that they did not ha(e information on ho" the coffee "a) prepared !e)pre))o, boiled, filtered, etc*#* They )peculated that ho" the coffee i) prepared might affect the le(el) of any protecti(e compound) in the coffee* +lthough the )tudy found an a))ociation bet"een coffee and lo"er death rate) for a "ide range of di)ea)e), thi) "a) not true for cancer* 8o"e(er, a 8ar(ard School of 4ublic 8ealth )tudy found that coffee did ha(e a )ignificant and beneficial effect for pro)tate cancer* 2n that )tudy, men "ho con)umed the mo)t coffee !)i5 or more cup) daily# had nearly a 20< lo"er ri)/ of de(eloping any form of pro)tate cancer and >0< lo"er ri)/ of de(eloping lethal pro)tate cancer, a particularly aggre))i(e form of the di)ea)e* The re)earcher) in that )tudy belie(e that coffee contain) many beneficial compound) that act a) antio5idant), reduce inflammation, and regulate in)ulin, all of "hich may influence pro)tate cancer* 1offee ha) been a))ociated in prior )tudie) "ith a lo"er ri)/ of 4ar/in)on?) di)ea)e, type 2 diabetes,depression, gall)tone di)ea)e, skin cancer, and liver cancer or cirrho)i)*