Unexpected Reasons Why Coffee May Be A Health Food

The Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE) study tracked more than

1,400 individuals over the course of 21 years to look at a broad range of diet and lifestyle choices and health outcomes. In the study, people who drank 3-5 cups of coffee per day at midlife were found to have a 65% decreased risk of dementia in later life.

And in another study, 34,670 women in Sweden were tracked for more than 10 years. Those who drank no coffee were at elevated risk of stroke, while the women who drank at least a cup per day reduced their risk of stroke by 22 to 25%.

Also, abundant studies exist on the relationship between coffee and cancer. On this topic, the data is overwhelming.

Consumption of caffeinated coffee could cut mouth and throat cancer risk by 50%, according to one study.

Other studies found drinking coffee to reduce the risk of many types of cancer — uterinecancer, prostate cancer, braincancer, colon cancer, breastcancer, liver cancer, lungcancer, and skin cancer.

In some cases, coffee drinkers seemed to do best with 3-5 cups per day. In other cases, only one cup per day appeared optimal.

Coffee consumption has also been found to lead to decreased risk of type 2 diabetes. And even for people who have it – coffee can prolong life expectancy. In fact, one 20-year study of 3,837 type 2 diabetics found coffee consumption to be correlated with a 30% decreased risk of deathfrom any cause.

Coffee turns out to be loaded with antioxidants (which help to prevent the damaging effects of oxidation on cells throughout your body). In fact, coffee is the #1 source of antioxidants in the American diet – by a wide margin.

When you hear all this, and you add in the facts that coffee consumption is also tied to weight loss and reduced rates of Parkinson’s disease, and that it’s been shown to be good for your mood, reaction time, memory, vigilance, and general cognitive function, the question might naturally emerge – why didn’t I know all this before?

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