Coffee can increase longevity according to a 10-year study

Other studies have suggested that substances contained in coffee can reduce inflammation and improve the way the body uses insulin, which can reduce the chances of developing diabetes. Loftfield said efforts to explain the potential benefit of longevity continue.

Adam Taylor, fetching two iced coffees for friends Monday in downtown Chicago, said the study's findings made sense. I'm looking forward to being in the morning, "said Taylor, a Las Vegas sound engineer.

" I'm trying to have just one cup a day ", said Taylor. "Otherwise I'm getting a little hyper."

For the study, the researchers invited nine million British adults to participate; 498,134 women and men aged 40 to 69 were d & # 39; According to the researchers, the low participation rate means that the people concerned were in better health than the general population in the United Kingdom.

Participants completed questionnaires on daily coffee consumption, Exercise and other habits Most were coffee drinkers, 154,000 or nearly one-third drink two to three cups a day and 10,000 drink at least eight cups a day

During the next decade, 14,225 participants died, mostly from cancer or heart disease. [19659002] Caffeine can cause short-term increases in blood pressure, and some smaller studies have suggested that it could be related to hypertension, especially in people with genetic variation that leads them to slowly metabolize caffeine.

But coffee drinkers in the British study that non-drinkers die of heart disease and other causes related to blood pressure. And since all causes of death were combined, even the slow metabolizers of caffeine had a stimulating effect on longevity.

As in previous studies, coffee drinkers were more likely than abstainers to drink alcohol and smoke. alcohol seemed to cancel them.

Research did not include if participants drank black coffee or with cream and sugar. But Lichtenstein said that loading coffee with extra fat and calories is not healthy.