Coffee is a beverage whose moderate daily consumption has been associated with multiple health benefits. A new study indicates that coffee drinkers have a lower risk of premature death compared to non-coffee drinkers.
In the study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, adults who drank 1.5 at 3.5 cups of coffee every day, either plain or sweetened with a teaspoon of sugar, had up to 30% less than odds of dying from any cause over a seven-year period compared with non-coffee drinkers.
Included 60, 616 participants with an average age of 55 years no cardiovascular disease or cancer at baseline. Researchers at the Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China, used baseline data from the UK Biobank study’s health behavior questionnaire. Tracking started at 2009 and ended at 2018.
During the follow-up period, participants who drank any amount of coffee without sugar had between a 16% and a 21% more likely to die than participants who did not drink coffee.
Researchers also found that participants who drank 1.5 to 3.5 cups daily of sweetened coffee with only about of a teaspoon of sugar had between 29% and 31% percent less likely to die than participants who did not drink coffee.
Coffee contains hundreds of biologically active compounds including caffeine and polyphenols . Its daily consumption is related to a reduced risk of several chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and different types of cancer.
Coffee without sugar or with very little sugar
Researchers warn that the average daily amount of sugar per cup of coffee recorded in analysis where coffee consumption is related to a beneficial effect is much lower than specialty drinks in popular coffee restaurant chains.
In some coffee shop chains you can find beverages prepared with coffee that have up to 60 grams of sugar, which is equivalent to 15 teaspoons of sugar.
Consuming coffee with a lot of sugar can bring more disadvantages than health benefits. Sugary drinks promote weight gain and can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases.
The Harvard Nutrition Source notes that higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has been linked to an increased risk of premature death.
The American Heart Association recommends that women limit consumption to no more than 25 grams (6 teaspoons ) of added sugar per day and for men to no more than 38 grams (9 teaspoons) of sugar per day.
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