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Are you kidding — give me another cuppa!
No I’m not kidding. This is the result of a study, just published, by Zhang et al.
But how good was this study?
Always a good question to ask — well, this analysed data from a cohort of 365,682 aged between 50 and 74!
Before I start guzzling more coffee what did they actually find?
Well, they found that “People who drank 2–3 cups of coffee or 3–5 cups of tea per day, or a combination of 4–6 cups of coffee and tea had the lowest incidence of stroke or dementia.” This reduced the risk by up to 32%, plus coffee alone or in combination with tea also reduced the risk of post-stroke dementia.
So coffee is good for you?
Yes, it is a natural product after all with plenty of antioxidants. It has been much misaligned because of its caffeine content which was considered potentially negative. The list of benefits is impressive.
John Hopkins Medicine list multiple benefits including, lower risk of heart disease, lower risk of diabetes, better DNA repair, and lower risk of various neurodegenerative diseases.
But I presume too much can still be a bad thing?
That could be dependent on your genes with plenty of research pointing to…
