{"id":25400,"date":"2024-11-13T06:39:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T06:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=25400"},"modified":"2024-11-13T06:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T06:39:42","slug":"a-coffee-a-day-could-be-good-for-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/11\/a-coffee-a-day-could-be-good-for-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"A coffee a day could be good for your health"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – In the past, coffee was associated with increased health risks. But research from the last decade finds that drinking coffee may actually benefit your health.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive drug in the world. Humans have been drinking coffee, a natural source of caffeine, for centuries, but\u00a0there have been mixed messages around its effect on human health for decades, reported BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Traditionally, coffee has been seen as a bad thing,” says Marc Gunter, professor of cancer epidemiology at Imperial College London and former head of the section of nutrition and metabolism at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). “Research from the 1980s and 90s concluded that people who drank coffee had a higher risk of cardiovascular disease \u2013 but it’s evolved since then.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With more, larger-scale population studies emerging over the last decade, Gunter says, scientists now have data from hundreds of thousands of coffee-drinkers. But what does the research tell us \u2013 and is coffee consumption providing health benefits, or risks?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coffee has been associated with an increased risk of cancer because it contains acrylamide, a carcinogenic substance found in foods including toast, cakes and chips. However, the IARC concluded in 2016 that\u00a0coffee is not carcinogenic,\u00a0unless it’s drunk very hot \u2013 above 65C (149F). In a 2023 review, researchers argue that, while\u00a0coffee is one of the main sources of acrylamide in our diets,\u00a0there is not yet a strong, conclusive evidence base showing that it relates to cancer risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Not only that, but more research has found that coffee may actually have a protective effect. Some studies have shown an association between\u00a0coffee drinking and a lower risk of some cancers\u00a0in patients, for example.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2017, Gunter published the results of a study that looked at the\u00a0coffee-drinking habits\u00a0of half a million people across Europe over a period of 16 years. Those who drank more coffee had a lower risk of dying from heart disease, stroke and cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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