{"id":191248,"date":"2022-12-08T12:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=191248"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:49:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:49:09","slug":"coffee-drinkers-live-longer-than-those-who-avoid-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2022\/12\/08\/coffee-drinkers-live-longer-than-those-who-avoid-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Drinkers Live Longer Than Those Who Avoid Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news, coffee lovers! A new study shows that coffee drinkers enjoy a longer lifespan and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Does this apply to ground, instant or even decaffeinated coffee? And how much many cups per day should you drink? Let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The study<\/a> included nearly 450,000 participants between 40 and 69 years of age (55.3% women) from the UK Biobank database. Each participant completed a questionnaire asking how many cups of coffee they drank per day and whether they usually drank instant, ground or decaffeinated coffee. The researchers followed up with the participants after a median of 12,5 years to see the health outcomes.<\/p>\n

Coffee linked with a longer lifespan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The researchers found that instant coffee was the most commonly consumed type with 44,1% of participants drinking it. Ground and decaffeinated coffee were consumed by 18,4% and 15,2% of participants respectively. The remaining 22,4% of participants who didn\u2019t drink any coffee served as a control group for the study.<\/p>\n

The researchers grouped participants based on their daily coffee intake into 6 categories: none, fewer than one, one, two to three, four to five, and more than five cups a day. After analysing these groups, they found that drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day was linked with a longer lifespan compared with avoiding coffee. Here is the breakdown for each coffee type.<\/p>\n