Do you drink a cup of coffee every day?

Coffee 'could make you live longer', major studies show

Coffee is one of the world’s most commonly consumed beverages, and Britons now drink 55 million cups a day according to the British Coffee Association.

It has become a national pastime and our passion for drinking coffee could be having unexpected health benefits and even increasing our lifespan by up to nine minutes a day, new research suggests.

Two new studies, including the largest ever conducted into coffee drinking, have found that drinking even a single cup a day reduces the risk of dying early from any cause, and dramatically cuts the chance of death from digestive problems.

People who consumed just one 350ml cup each day slashed their risk of dying early by 12 per cent over 16 years, while three cups reduced the risk by 18 per cent.

“If you like to drink coffee, drink up. If you’re not a coffee drinker, then you need to consider if you should start,” said Dr Veronica Setiawan, associate professor of preventative medicine at USC.

“Coffee contains a lot of antioxidants and phenolic compounds that play an important role in cancer prevention.”

What are your views on this latest research?  Are you a big coffee drinker? Does this inspire you to drink more coffee? Do you take notice of research or do you follow your own instinct?