Long Live Coffee

Coffee as heard about at the breakfast table, has always been the unhealthy quick fix. It’s numerous disadvantages including insomnia, raise in blood pressure, and caffeine overdose above many others. However, a recent study coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and Imperial College London, that examined the affects of coffee consumption on mortality, brought back promising results.

The research examined more than 500,000 participants from 10 European countries. It analyzed the coffee consumption and mortality rates available. It’s results, contradictory to what most of us have been accustomed to, suggest that “higher levels of coffee drinking are associated with lower risk of death from various causes, and in particular digestive and circulatory diseases”.

However, although the results have been released, Dr. Marc Gunter of the IARC and lead author of the study, stated in an Imperial College London Press Release “Due to the limitations of observational research, we are not at the stage of recommending people to drink more or less coffee. That said, our results suggest that moderate coffee drinking – up to around three cups per day – is not detrimental to your health, and that incorporating coffee into your diet could have health benefits.”