• Coffee as a Health Drink? Studies Find Some Benefits – New York Times

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  • Researchers have found strong evidence that coffee reduces the risk of several serious ailments, including diabetes, heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver.
  • Coffee contains antioxidants that help control the cell damage that can contribute to the development of the disease. It is also a source of chlorogenic acid, which has been shown in animal experiments to reduce glucose concentrations.
  • Caffeine, perhaps coffee’s most famous component, seems to have little to do with it; studies that looked at decaffeinated coffee alone found the same degree of risk reduction.
  • people who drank four to six cups of coffee a day had a 28 percent reduced risk compared with people who drank two or fewer. Those who drank more than six had a 35 percent risk reduction.
  • a typical serving of coffee contains more antioxidants than typical servings of grape juice, blueberries, raspberries and oranges.
  • “I wouldn’t advise people to increase their consumption of coffee in order to lower their risk of disease,” Dr. van Dam said,

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