Is healthy coffee intake linked to lower mortality risk?

A study in the International Journal of Cancer found that colorectal cancer patients who drank more coffee had a lower risk of recurrence, with the lowest all-cause mortality risk at four cups per day. A separate study in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology reported that 0.5 to 3 cups daily also reduced mortality risk and improved cardiovascular health in the general population.

The colorectal research followed more than 3,000 patients in the Netherlands for about six years, recording 257 recurrences among 1,708 participants and 309 deaths among 1,719 followed for 6.6 years. Consumption was grouped as under 2, 2 to 4, and over 4 cups daily. Ground coffee appeared more effective than decaf, supporting moderate consumption as a healthy coffee habit.

Coffee is no longer just a pick-me-up; health research surrounding it keeps emerging. A recent study published in the International Journal of Cancer pointed out that the more coffee colorectal cancer patients drink, the lower their risk of recurrence, with the lowest all-cause mortality risk at 4 cups per day; while a study in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology addressed the question ordinary people have: drinking 0.5 to 3 cups of coffee per day also helps reduce mortality risk and improve cardiovascular health, with ground coffee being more effective than decaf. This article will walk you through the core data and conclusions of these two studies and offer reasonable advice for daily consumption. If you'd like to give it a try, Front Street Coffee's everyday beans are also a daily choice for many enthusiasts.

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In recent years, the global coffee-drinking population has continued to expand, and more and more scientific research projects are being carried out around this tiny coffee bean. Through various experiments and surveys, researchers keep discovering that regular coffee consumption has many positive effects on health, such as reducing the risk of certain cancers, helping control weight, preventing Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, and lowering the probability of gout attacks.

And recently, a study published in the International Journal of Cancer has added another benefit to coffee: reducing the recurrence rate of colorectal cancer and the risk of all-cause death.

It is understood that the research team studied more than 3,000 colorectal cancer patients in the Netherlands, analyzing colorectal cancer recurrence and all-cause death separately. After tallying the statistics, the researchers divided the population into three groups based on coffee consumption: fewer than 2 cups per day, 2 to 4 cups per day, and more than 4 cups per day.

After about 6 years of follow-up, a total of 257 colorectal cancer recurrences were recorded among 1,708 participants; in the all-cause death analysis, 1,719 participants were followed for 6.6 years, of whom 309 patients died.

Combining the data and model analysis, there is an association between coffee consumption and colorectal cancer recurrence—that is, the more coffee colorectal cancer patients drink, the lower their risk of recurrence.

However, for colorectal cancer patients, more coffee is not always better. From the data, the researchers concluded that drinking 3-5 cups of coffee per day has the best effect on reducing the risk of all-cause death, while at 4 cups per day, the risk of all-cause death is the lowest.

In other words, for colorectal cancer patients, 4 cups of coffee a day helps reduce the risk of all-cause death, thereby helping prolong life.

Some of you may ask: since coffee has such benefits for colorectal cancer patients, does it have similar effects for healthy people who don't have the disease? A study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology answers this question—coffee also has the benefit of reducing mortality risk and extending lifespan for ordinary people!

The study pointed out that compared with people who don't drink coffee, ordinary people who drink 0.5 to 3 cups of coffee a day have healthier cardiovascular systems, and their all-cause mortality risk, cardiovascular disease mortality risk, and stroke risk are all somewhat reduced.

So the "life-extending coffee" that young people talk about really does have a life-extending effect in some ways. But the study also found that drinking coffee is not a case of the more the better. The researchers found that once daily coffee consumption exceeds 3 cups, the risks of all-cause death, cardiovascular disease death, and stroke are actually similar to those of people who don't have a coffee habit.

In addition, the researchers investigated the health effects of different types of coffee on people and found that among all coffee-drinking volunteers, those who drank more than 3 cups of decaf or ground coffee per day showed certain improvements in multiple cardiac function parameters compared with non-coffee drinkers, and their risks of all-cause death and cardiovascular disease death were also reduced.

In terms of effect, ground coffee is better than decaf, but both help improve cardiovascular health and reduce mortality risk, so the researchers speculate that perhaps coffee components other than caffeine are also beneficial to human health.

In summary, if you want to achieve the life-extending effect of coffee, it's best to keep your daily coffee consumption at around 0.5 to 3 cups. Hurry and open your food delivery app and order a cup as an afternoon treat—though it's best to choose decaf and ground coffee!

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