Sweeping Review Links Moderate Coffee Intake to Many Health Benefits

"Led by researchers at West Virginia University and Morgan State University in the United States, the review explored past academic studies and meta-analyses that combined account for more than 1 million participants from various world regions, including the U.S., Europe and Asia. Published Aug. 5 in the MDPI journal Nutrients, the study offers a broadly sunny view of coffee's positive associations with better health, including a connection to longer life."

""Where data was available, studies have assessed the association of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption with overall mortality. In almost all such analyses, both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee were associated with reduced risk of mortality," the authors wrote. "However, individuals who drank decaffeinated in the year prior to the study might have been caffeinated coffee consumers previously, leading to a potential misclassification of the beneficial effects of caffeinated coffee for decaffeinated coffee.""

"Beyond general mortality, coffee drinkers have shown significantly lower rates of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and certain neurodegenerative conditions. In good news for decaf drinkers, the analysis also found that many of coffee's health-protective effects, particularly for type 2 diabetes and all-cause mortality, were comparable between caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption."

Moderate coffee consumption is linked to reduced all-cause mortality and lower incidence of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and certain neurodegenerative conditions. These associations appear across populations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia and in pooled analyses covering more than one million participants. Many protective effects are observed for both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, although prior caffeinated use may complicate decaf comparisons. Additives such as added sugars and some creamers can blunt or negate benefits, particularly for neuroprotection and weight outcomes. Very high consumption may carry risks and warrants caution.

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