Drinking coffee would prevent certain chronic diseases. Several studies have already addressed this issue. Recently, a team of British researchers made the link between coffee consumption and reduced risk of diseases (and death) related to the liver, reports the review BMC Public Health.
These are 494,585 Britons whose medical records have been studied to reach this conclusion. Among them, 384,818 drank coffee (about 2 cups a day), compared to 109,767 who did not. Several diseases have attracted the attention of researchers, such as chronic liver disease, hepatic steatosis or hepatocellular carcinoma.
3 to 4 cups of coffee a day
Over an average of 10 years and 7 months, doctors recorded 3,600 new chronic liver diseases, 184 cancers and 301 deaths. They compared the prevalence of these liver health problems between the two groups and found that coffee drinkers were 20% less likely to have chronic liver disease, even though they were more likely to smoke and be overweight, compared to the non-smoking group. Their risk of dying from liver disease was reduced by an average of 49% for coffee drinkers.
To have an “optimal” effect of the drink on liver health, doctors felt that the good amount was around 3 to 4 cups a day.
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