More About Coffee And Health

Good news, coffee lovers! Drinking coffee actually has quite a few health benefits. For many years, drinking coffee was considered to be a vice, and it was not until the past decade that we began to learn that coffee can actually be good for you.

In addition to the benefits that caffeine offers such as mental alertness and acuity, coffee also benefits your health in other ways. One of the most promising health benefits of coffee is its ability to help lower the risk for developing type 2 diabetes. With over a million new cases of diabetes diagnosed every single year, this is good news for all coffee drinkers. The link between coffee and a reduced risk of diabetes is still being investigated, but scientists have been able to determine that just a few cups per day may reduce your risk by up to thirty percent.

Recently, studies at Harvard Medical School have highlighted another benefit to drinking coffee. The studies indicate that coffee has significant anti-cancer properties, and coffee drinkers are fifty percent less likely to develop liver cancer than nondrinkers. There is data to indicate that coffee also lowers your risk for colon, breast, and rectal cancers as well.

There has also been significant research indicating that individuals who consume an average of 3-5 cups per day have a significantly lower risk of developing either dementia or Alzheimer's later in life.