Coffee and Heart Disease Risk
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Does coffee drinking increase the risk of heart disease?
A new long term research study has shown that drinking filtered coffee doesn't seem to increase the risk of heart disease. This seems true even when people are drinking more than six cups a day.
Many previous studies have looked for a link between coffee and heart disease but the results have never allowed a clear picture to emerge.
This new study looked at huge numbers of people - forty thousand men and eighty thousand women and followed them for nearly twenty years.
No link was found between coffee intake and the risk of heart disease. Nor was high coffee intake associated with a high blood cholesterol level.
You should note however that this study related to filter coffee - the findings might be different fot stronger coffee types such as expresso or french press coffee.
Other recent studies have also shown that moderate coffee intake is not harmful for your blood pressure levels - careful with the cake and buns though !!
A new long term research study has shown that drinking filtered coffee doesn't seem to increase the risk of heart disease. This seems true even when people are drinking more than six cups a day.
Many previous studies have looked for a link between coffee and heart disease but the results have never allowed a clear picture to emerge.
This new study looked at huge numbers of people - forty thousand men and eighty thousand women and followed them for nearly twenty years.
No link was found between coffee intake and the risk of heart disease. Nor was high coffee intake associated with a high blood cholesterol level.
You should note however that this study related to filter coffee - the findings might be different fot stronger coffee types such as expresso or french press coffee.
Other recent studies have also shown that moderate coffee intake is not harmful for your blood pressure levels - careful with the cake and buns though !!
