Drinking coffee would be good for your health! Even better, it would contribute to increase the life span!
The benefits of coffee were found in patients who drank 3 cups of coffee per day! That's according to the European study, which was based on an analysis of data from 520,000 women and men over the age of 35, who were followed by the European Survey on Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) for 16 years.
"We found that higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality, particularly from circulatory and digestive diseases," explains Marc Gunter of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and one of the lead authors of the study.
This study also allowed to understand the mechanisms explaining the beneficial effects of coffee, caffeine not being taken into account. Coffee is particularly rich in antioxidants, elements that play an important role in preventing cancer, the researchers point out. An analysis of metabolic biomarkers in a subgroup of 14,000 participants in the European study showed that coffee drinkers had a healthier liver.
No study had been so extensive in number of years to observe the effects on health and longevity of coffee: a beverage which, remember, is the most consumed in the world with more than 2.5 billion cups drunk per day!
Coffee, protective health benefits
The second study was conducted in the United States on more than 185,000 people of all origins, aged between 45 and 75 years and over a period of 16 years. This study showed a link between a higher consumption of coffee and a lower risk of mortality resulting from cardiovascular, respiratory and renal diseases, cancers and diabetes.
In fact, among patients who drank one cup of coffee per day, the study shows that they had a 12% lower risk of dying during the study period than those who did not drink coffee. The risk increased to 18% for those who drank 3 cups a day.
It specifies in the same way as the European study, that these effects do not depend on caffeine.
Although these results were confirmed in these two studies, Marc Gunter remains cautious, specifying that they were carried out as an observatory and that they do not prove a link between cause and effect.
For Elio Riboli, Head of the Faculty of Public Health at Imperial College London, "these results support the growing body of evidence suggesting that coffee is not only safe but may have protective effects".
Indeed, the World Health Organization (WHO) stopped classifying coffee as a bladder cancer carcinogen in 2016, believing in other ways that the beverage reduces the risk of uterine and liver tumors.
Source : www.ipreunion.com
