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(118,196 posts) Fri May 18, 2012, 12:29 AM May 2012

Regular Coffee Drinkers Less Likely To Die Early

Counsel & Heal Staff Writer
First Posted: May 17, 2012 11:32 PM EDT

People who drink a few cups of coffee daily are likely to live longer than people who don't drink coffee, according to a new study.

Nothing sounds better than waking up to nice hot cup of coffee. Well! There's all the more reason why coffee lovers (and non-lovers) should look forward to their daily dose of coffee. A recent study conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute found that coffee drinkers are less likely to die earlier than those who don't drink coffee.

The study stated that coffee was found to have characteristics that provided lesser risk of people dying from heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, accidents and injuries, diabetes, and infections. However, researchers were quick to note that coffee doesn't keep away cancer. This statement was made after analyzing the effect of other factors of dying like drinking and smoking.

"I would say it offers some reassurance to coffee drinkers," said Neal Freedman, a nutritional epidemiology researcher at the National Cancer Institute. "Other studies have suggested a higher risk of mortality with coffee drinking and we didn't see that in our study."

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	See? It's a vitamin
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	According to Einstein, clocks run slower for coffee drinkers because they zip around so fast
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	More junk science, like the Loch Ness monster or the moon landing
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	Drink coffee! You can sleep after you die!
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	Was this study funded by a generous grant from the National Coffee Association?
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	Yyouo cccan'nt geett tttoo mucuch cofoffeoffe!
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