Drinking Coffee Could Add Years to Your Life, According to a New Study
Good news everyone! Coffee is back on the table. According to scientists coffee is good for you again. And it can add a bit of time to your life. So enjoy your bitter brew.
If your New Year's resolution was to quit drinking coffee, you may want to revisit that idea because, according to a newly published study, regularly sipping on the caffeinated beverage could add years to your life.
In December, researchers from the University of Coimbra in Portugal published a study titled "Impact of coffee intake on human aging: Epidemiology and cellular mechanisms" in the journal Ageing Research Reviews, showcasing how coffee can help reduce all-cause mortality.
"Coffee intake attenuates the major causes of mortality, dampening cardiovascular-, cerebrovascular-, cancer- and respiratory diseases-associated mortality, as well as some of the major causes of functional deterioration in the elderly such as loss of memory, depression, and frailty," the authors explain in their introduction. In fact, its review found that moderate consumption of coffee corresponds to an "average increase in healthspan of 1.8 years of lifetime."