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ID:	9149
Author:	Frank Yaconis
Title:	More Health Benefits to Drinking Java
Article:	There is more good news for coffee drinkers. Two studies have shown that drinking coffee can reduce your risk of stroke and may also reduce the chance you are hospitalized for heart rhythm problems. Each year more and more studies show the benefits of drinking coffee. In addition to improved brain function and alertness, it appears coffee may also help reduce the risk of two of the leading killers in our society: stroke and heart problems. A study by Kaiser Permanent in Oakland, California shows that people who drink at least 4 cups of coffee a day have an 18 percent less chance of being hospitalized for irregular heart beat. A study by the University of Cambridge in England shows benefits for those at risk of stroke. This study released in February 2010, a few weeks before the heartbeat study, showed that people who drank coffee had a 27 percent less risk of having a stroke than those who didn’t drink coffee. The study did not show that it actually matters whether someone drinks one cup of coffee a day or four or more, the benefits appear to be the same. The University of Cambridge study took a look at a large group of people based on information they provided about their coffee intake. It evaluated 23,000 people for 12 years based on information they provided about their coffee drinking, said researcher Yangmei Li, an epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge in England. The study’s findings were presented in San Antonio at the American Stroke Association’s annual conference in February. Interestingly the risk stayed the same regardless of what type of coffee people drank, even if it was decaffeinated. In addition, instant and ground coffee had the same effect. A spokesman for the American Stroke Association said this study reflects others which have shown that coffee has health benefits. Several previous studies have pointed in this direction as well, showing the benefits of coffee consumption. One reason that it might lower the risk of strokes is that drinking coffee is believed to help reduce the risk of getting Type 2 diabetes, which can lead to strokes and also believed to lower the chances of heart disease. Previous studies, including one published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association in 2009, show that drinking at least two cups of coffee day leads to a lower stroke risk in nonsmoking women. The 24-year study, which used Nurses’ Health Study data, showed that women nonsmokers who drank four of more cups of coffee a day had a 20 percent less chance of having a stroke. Women who drank two to three cups a day had a 19 percent less chance and women who drank coffee five to seven times a week had a 12 percent less chance. What is interesting about this study was that other beverages with caffeine in them, as well as decaffeinated coffee, did not appear to lower the risk the way caffeinated coffee did. One theory is that the antioxidants in caffeinated coffee reduce inflammation and improve blood vessel function. About the author of this article: frank yaconis has been a coffee connoisseur for the past 20 years. he has spent the past few years spreading the word about the world’s best coffee, such as the wakea reserve, grown on the slopes of two active volcanoes in the tropical hawaiian paradise known as the kona region of the big island of hawaii. he wants to share his love of this wholesale coffee with everyone.
Category:	Entertainment: Food-and-Drink
Date:	September 13, 2010 12:02:59 AM

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