If there’s one thing that spans all cultures, it’s coffee drinking.
America, Mexico, France, Italy, Africa, just name a country and the chances of them being regular coffee drinkers is sky high.
We all consumer coffee for different reasons.
Whether it’s to jumpstart our bodies in the morning.
Keep our brain pushing through an all night study session.
Or to keep up with our over active children.
Occasionally you may hear some coffee “nay-sayers” going on about how coffee is harmful long term and “we don’t need it to function”.
But what if I told you that your morning cup of joe was actually keeping you alive.
What if I told you it protects against “all-cause” mortality by decreasing your resting heart rate.
A recently published article has shown that out of a group of 1920 people those who were regular coffee drinkers had a much lower mortality rate compared to those who did not drink coffee.
With this in mind I’m starting to think Starbuck’s may be keeping our population alive..
So, besides extending your life, what else can this “nectar of the gods” do for you?
The British Medical Journal found that by drinking 3-4 cups of coffee a day you can lower the risk of some cancers, diabetes, liver disease, and the possibility of having a stroke.
One Dutch study found that by drinking coffee daily you can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s by up to 20%.
With all of these benefits you’re likely thinking “Okay, but what about the downsides..?”
Well aside from coffee breath (which another study found could actually be a signal of clean teeth) there aren’t many.
Keep in mind how your body reacts to it, don’t take these studies as gospel.
If you’ve had it in the past and you react negatively to it, there’s no need to jump in and start drinking it daily.
Be smart about it and control your consumption.
Don’t go on a coffee bender and have caffeine withdrawal.
A cup or two a day is more than enough to notice the benefits we’ve listed above.
Now keep in mind, the studies referenced in this article are observational. They examine an association between drinking coffee and the diseases above.
With that being said, the consistent association in studies between coffee drinking and longevity give us a pretty good idea of the true benefits of it.
