"Coffee and Your Heart: How Daily Cups Can Be Beneficial"

 A few cups of coffee a day may help your heart 

• Coffee and caffeine may lower  risk of heart disease 
• Drinking  moderate amounts of coffee lowers the risk of having two or more heart problems 
• People with these problems are four to seven times more likely to die early 

Researchers found that drinking three cups of coffee per day, or about 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine, reduced the risk of  heart and metabolic problems. "The results highlight that promoting moderate  coffee and caffeine consumption as a dietary habit may have widespread benefits for healthy people," said lead researcher Dr. Dominique. Chaofu Ke, a medical statistician at Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University in China, said. 

For the study, the researchers analyzed data from more than 500,000 people aged 37 to 73 who participated in a long-term British research project, including Biobank. 

From this group, they identified more than 172,000 people who reported  caffeine intake and a further 188,000 who reported  coffee or tea intake. 

The researchers compared people's caffeine intake with whether they had  two or more symptoms of cardiometabolic disease. The term refers to risk factors that can harm heart health, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and obesity. The results showed that regardless of the amount of coffee or caffeine consumed, the risk of developing several health problems related to the heart and metabolism was reduced. 

However, it was found that moderate consumption of coffee or caffeine produced the best results. 

 Individuals who drank three mugs of coffee a day had a 48% lower hazard of heart infection and metabolic infection compared to those who did not drink coffee.

And those who consumed 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine daily had a 41% lower risk compared to those who consumed no caffeine or less than 100 milligrams, the researchers found. 

The new study was published in September. Ranked 17th in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 

People with heart and metabolic disease are four to seven times more likely to die from any cause, so any lower risk can help protect their health, the researchers said in a journal news release. They are also at higher risk for disability and psychological stress.  

 

You  should talk to your doctor about the potential health benefits of coffee and caffeine.