Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day is associated with increased life expectancy and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new Australian study. The exemption applies to all types of coffee, as well as decaffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.

Researchers led by Professor Peter Kistler of the University of Melbourne School of Medicine and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, who published a related publication in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, analyzed data from almost 450,000 people. with an average age of 58 years.

Participants followed for approximately 12 years during which 27,809 (6.2%) died and 43,173 (9.6%) were diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and 30,100 (6.7%) with arrhythmias , provided detailed information about whether they drank coffee, what kind, and how often. Most often they drank ground (44%), instant – 18%, decaffeinated coffee – 15%, and 22% (control group) did not drink coffee at all.

It found that those who drank two to three cups of coffee a day had the lowest risk of dying from any cause prematurely compared to those who did not drink coffee at all: 27%, 14% and 11% lower risk of death for those who drank ground, decaffeinated and instant coffee, respectively.

In terms of the likelihood of developing cardiovascular diseases, all types coffee resulted in a relative risk reduction, again with the lowest risk associated with drinking two to three cups of coffee per day: the reduction in cardiovascular disease was 20% for ground coffee, 9% for instant coffee, and 6% for decaffeinated coffee.

Finally, regarding the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias, caffeinated but not decaffeinated coffee was associated with a reduced risk. The lowest risk — by 17% and 12%, respectively — was in those who drank four to five servings of ground coffee and two to three cups of instant coffee.

“THEN caffeine is the most famous component of coffee, which, however, also contains more than 100 biologically active substances. Our results show that moderate consumption of coffee of all kinds should not be discouraged, but it can be enjoyed as a heart-healthy habit,” Dr. Kistler said.

Link to scientific publication: https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurjpc/zwac189/6704995?login=false

Source: RES-EMI