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Excess coffee consumption a culprit for poor health
Cappuccino, latte or short black, coffee is one of the most commonly consumed drinks in the world. But whether it’s good or bad for your health can be clarified by genetics, as a world-first study from the University of South Australia’s Australian Centre for Precision Health shows that excess coffee consumption can cause poor health.
Using data from over 300,000 participants in the UK Biobank, researchers examined connections between genetically instrumented habitual coffee consumption and a full range of diseases, finding that too much coffee can increase the risk of osteoarthritis, arthropathy (joint disease) and obesity.
In earlier research conducted by Professor Hyppönen and team, six cups of coffee a day were considered the upper limit of safe consumption.
Expert genetic epidemiologist, UniSA’s Professor Elina Hyppönen, says understanding any risks associated with habitual coffee intakes could have very large implications for population health.
[...] “In this study, we used a genetic approach – called MR-PheWAS analysis – to establish the true effects of coffee consumption against 1117 clinical conditions.
“Reassuringly, our results suggest that, moderate coffee drinking is mostly safe.
“But it also showed that habitual coffee consumption increased the risks of three diseases: osteoarthritis, arthropathy and obesity, which can cause significant pain and suffering for individuals with these conditions.”
[...] “For people with a family history of osteoarthritis or arthritis, or for those who are worried about developing these conditions, these results should act as a cautionary message.
[...] “While these results are in many ways reassuring in terms of general coffee consumption, the message we should always remember is consume coffee in moderation – that’s the best bet to enjoy your coffee and good health too.”
Journal Reference:
Konstance Nicolopoulos, Anwar Mulugeta, Ang Zhou, Elina Hyppönen. Association between habitual coffee consumption and multiple disease outcomes: A Mendelian randomisation phenome-wide association study in the UK Biobank. Clinical Nutrition, 2020; DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.03.009
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 15 2020, @02:59AM
It would be good if they did study the sugar content. My coffee mugs have always been 12 oz mugs, mostly the old Alladin insulated travel mugs. A spoon of sugar in a 12 oz mug - so yeah, I'm getting some calories with my coffee. When I married my wife, she was putting 4 spoons in a mug, then she cut it back to 3, now she's down to 2, and her coffee intake has also decreased. Fear of diabetes motivates her to cut down the sugar - it runs in the family.
So, yeah, the study needs to be done over, with sugar intake accounted for.
As for any harm the coffee itself causes me - well - I accept that. Life won't be worth living if they take my coffee away! If I die a year or two years earlier because I drink so much coffee, then so be it. If, on the other hand, I live a decade longer because I drink so much coffee, then so be that!