The best time to drink coffee to help you live longer, according to experts
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Are you a day coffee drinker?. A new study suggests that timing your daily coffee intake could significantly impact its health benefits. Researchers have found that enjoying your coffee in the morning may have more benefits than spreading your consumption throughout the day.
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More than 40,000 adults in the US took part in long-term studies examining health, nutrition and lifestyle. They found two distinct patterns of coffee drinking – those who drink coffee before midday and those who drink coffee all day. More than a third (36%)of those taking part in the study were deemed to be morning coffee drinkers while around 14% were all-day coffee drinkers.
The research team, led by experts from Tulane University in the US, tracked people in the study for almost a decade. During the follow-up period some 4,295 people taking part in the study died. After taking into account various factors, the researchers found that morning coffee drinkers were 16% less likely to have died compared with those who drank no coffee. And they were 31% less likely to have died from heart disease.
There was no reduction in risk for all-day coffee drinkers compared with those who did not drink any coffee. The researchers said higher coffee intake amounts were “significantly” associated with a lower risk of death, but only among people who drank coffee in the morning compared with those who drank coffee all day.
