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"In this large, observational study, ground, instant and decaffeinated coffee were associated with equivalent reductions in the incidence of cardiovascular disease and death from cardiovascular disease or any cause," said study author Professor Peter Kistler of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia. "The results suggest that mild to moderate intake of ground, instant and decaffeinated coffee should be considered part of a healthy lifestyle."
There is little information on the impact of different coffee preparations on heart health and survival. This study examined the associations between types of coffee and incident arrhythmias, cardiovascular disease and death using data from the UK Biobank, which recruited adults between 40 and 69 years of age. Cardiovascular disease was comprised of coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure and ischaemic stroke.
[...] A total of 27,809 (6.2%) participants died during follow up. All types of coffee were linked with a reduction in death from any cause. The greatest risk reduction seen with two to three cups per day, which compared to no coffee drinking was associated with a 14%, 27% and 11% lower likelihood of death for decaffeinated, ground, and instant preparations, respectively.
Cardiovascular disease was diagnosed in 43,173 (9.6%) participants during follow up. All coffee subtypes were associated with a reduction in incident cardiovascular disease. [...]
An arrhythmia was diagnosed in 30,100 (6.7%) participants during follow up. Ground and instant coffee, but not decaffeinated, was associated with a reduction in arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation. [...]
Professor Kistler said: "Caffeine is the most well-known constituent in coffee, but the beverage contains more than 100 biologically active components. It is likely that the non-caffeinated compounds were responsible for the positive relationships observed between coffee drinking, cardiovascular disease and survival. Our findings indicate that drinking modest amounts of coffee of all types should not be discouraged but can be enjoyed as a heart healthy behaviour."
Journal Reference:
David Chieng, Rodrigo Canovas, Louise Segan, et al. The impact of coffee subtypes on incident cardiovascular disease, arrhythmias, and mortality: long-term outcomes from the UK Biobank [open]. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022. DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac189
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 08 2022, @08:57AM (3 children)
I've always said that two or three pots of coffee a day is good for me. I'm gonna live forever!
Or, if you prefer a more serious take? We were due for another bombshell about our diets. Coffee is good, coffee is bad, eggs are bad, eggs are good, wine is great, wine is terrible, tic toc tic toc and another study tells us how horrible or how wonderful some food is. Every couple months, just like clockwork, yet another stupid study.
The best advice anyone can take away from all these studies? Stop eating processed foods. Raise your own food, if you can. If you can't, shop for wholesome non-GMO, organic, natural foods, grown from heirloom seed, free of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and strange additives with names that most people can't pronounce.
There's a great deal of satisfaction from tossing a few seeds in the ground, then returning 30, 60, or 90 days later to eat some real food. Microgreens take as little as 15 to 20 days from seed to harvest, and they're packed full of vitamins, and taste better than anything you can get from a store!
And, everything goes better with a nice cuppa java.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Saturday October 08 2022, @09:27PM (1 child)
Tried that. Bugs eat the food before it's ripe.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 09 2022, @02:44AM
You need some ugly chickens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineafowl [wikipedia.org] They patrol from sunup to sundown, eating bugs of all types.
Be sure to get the ugly chickens. Most other chickens will eat your veggies.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2022, @12:02AM
So maybe the stats are due to the ones who can keep drinking coffee even when they're older. They end up living longer but it's really because of their genes and not because of the coffee.