Coffee junkies take note: According to a study, coffee can prolong life. Sounds too good to be true? Here's all the info for you!
What do you use to justify your excessive coffee consumption? "It helps me sleep better," "It helps me concentrate really well," "5 cups is perfectly acceptable," or "Otherwise the machine gets dusty"?
Whatever it is. Remove justification from your repertoire. Because now has a Long-term study proves that coffee drinkers live longer. That should suffice as an explanation from the 3rd cup of coffee. ;)
Raise your cups: Coffee drinkers live longer
We have already reported that coffee is actually healthier than many assume. You can read about all the effects on coffee junkies here: Wake-up call vs. health killer: Is too much coffee unhealthy?
Long-term study with 500,000 people
Within the framework of the EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) almost half a million Europeans over 16 years were monitored. In summer 2017, some results of a long-term study were now presented.
The study examined a wide range of aspects. Among other things, the connection between daily coffee consumption and the mortality rate was put into context.
For this, of course, many other factors had to be factored out. For example, the effect of the diet, as well as cigarettes and alcohol consumption of the observed persons.
Why do coffee junkies live longer?
From 3 cups or from one half liter coffee by the way, according to the study, one is considered Coffee Junkie. But whether coffee drinkers live longer? At least they die less often ;) The researchers found that the mortality rate was lower during the observation period.
In particular, fewer coffee drinkers died of diseases of the digestive tract and circulatory diseases during the observation period. But the mortality rate of coffee junkies was also lower for other causes of death.
Does coffee make us immortal?
Probably not. The exact reasons for the lower mortality rate cannot yet be scientifically explained. One reason for this is that our health depends on countless factors and interactions.
These can be difficult to eliminate in order to reduce the effect of Coffee on physical health. In addition, the researchers assume that people with diseases probably drink less coffee than healthy people anyway.
Does drinking coffee promote health?
Only recently have studies shown that coffee had such a bad image quite unjustifiably. In fact, drinking it can have quite positive effects on the body and health.
This is intended to reduce the risk of diabetes and cancer. And circulatory diseases are prevented. A positive effect with regard to dementia is also suspected. However, research is not yet ready to confirm this 100%.
Of course, the quality of the coffee plays an important role. So choose high-quality coffee beans from organic cultivation. Additional sugar & Co make coffee unhealthy and us fat: Does coffee have calories? How cappuccino and cafe latte make us fat.
How much coffee should I drink?
Are you more of a tea drinker? Then you should definitely continue to sip your tea. Especially green tea is incredibly healthy and prevents a variety of diseases.
For all lovers of coffee enjoyment applies: Drink quietly up to 3-4 cups of coffee a day. But of course it should be purely about the pleasure. If you leave out sugar, cream and syrup, you will be doing your body a favor.
If you drink too much coffee, you should drink plenty of water. Also, from cup 7 or 8 anyway the body reports. The usual symptoms are palpitations or trembling. At the latest then probably the biggest coffee fanatic realizes that there is a natural limit. ;)
Our conclusion:
Coffee does not make us immortal. But it probably helps to prevent some diseases. And quite honestly: coffee tastes simply heavenly. So treat yourself to a delicious cup and enjoy. With a clear conscience. :)
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