According to a study conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) it has been discovered that people who drink coffee appear to live longer. Drinking coffee was associated with a lower risk of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and respiratory & kidney disease for African-American, Japanese-Americans, Latinos and Whites.
People who consumed a cup of coffee a day were 12 percent less likely to die compared to those who didn’t drink coffee. This association was even stronger for those who drank two to three cups a day — 18 percent reduced chance of death.
Lower mortality was present regardless of whether people drank regular or decaffeinated coffee, suggesting the association is not tied to caffeine, said V. Wendy Setiawan, senior author of the study and an associate professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The study, which will be published in the July 11 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, used data from the Multiethnic Cohort Study, a collaborative effort between the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and the Keck School of Medicine.
The ongoing Multiethnic Cohort Study has more than 215,000 participants and bills itself as the most ethnically diverse study examining lifestyle risk factors that may lead to cancer. Setiawan and her colleagues examined the data of 185,855 African-Americans (17 percent), Native Hawaiians (7 percent), Japanese-Americans (29 percent), Latinos (22 percent) and whites (25 percent) ages 45 to 75 at recruitment. Participants answered questionnaires about diet, lifestyle, and family and personal medical history. Since the association was seen in four different ethnicities, Setiawan said it is safe to say the results apply to other groups.
Known Benefits Of Drinking Coffee
1- Protective against type 2 diabetes
2- May help those with Parkinson’s disease
3- Impressive benefits for brain health
4- Lowers the risk of liver cancer by 40%
5- Powerful antioxidant
6- Reduces the risk of stroke
7- Boosts your physical performance
The moral of the story is that it’s not a bad idea to start the day with a cup of coffee. If you have already been drinking coffee keep on drinking it and if not then you better start immediately!