By Fiona Macrae
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Two mugs of coffee a day could help keep the heart healthy. A study has linked the drink with a lower risk of heart failure.
With up to 40 per cent of those affected dying within a year of diagnosis, heart failure has a worse survival rate than many cancers.
The latest research suggests that regularly drinking moderate amounts of coffee can cut the odds of cardiac trouble â€" though too much could be counter-productive.
Coffee may protect against heart failure by reducing the chance of developing diabetes, said scientists
Crunching together the results of five previous studies, involving almost 150,000 men and women, showed that those who enjoyed one or two mugs of coffee a day were 11 per cent less likely to develop heart failure than those who had none.
Heart attack survivors gained as much benefit as those with healthy hearts.
But drinking five or more mugs a day appeared to be bad for the heart, the journal Circulation Heart Failure reports.
Researcher Dr Murray Mittleman, of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said: ‘As with so many things, moderation appears to be the key here too.’
The researchers aren’t sure why coffee seems to cut the odds of heart failure, in which the organ, weakened by a heart attack or disease, struggles to pump blood around the body.
They say it may be because the drink reduces the likelihood of high blood pressure and of diabetes â€" both of which boost the odds of heart failure.
Dr Mittleman said: ‘It stands to reason that reducing one’s odds of developing either one of them, in turn, reduces one’s chance of heart failure.’
Colleague Elizabeth Mostofsky added: 'This is good news for coffee drinkers.'
Other recent research to hearten coffee drinkers includes a study that credited the drink with helping people live longer.
The US government-funded researchers found the more coffee you drink, the less likely you are to die from a number of different ailments.
These include heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries, accidents, diabetes and infections, but not cancer.
It is also known that some people inherit genes that make them more reliant on caffeine than others.
Those with the 'caffeine addict' genes, need to drink more coffee to get the same buzz.
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I feel pitty for you poor nutritionally uneducated people out there making lame excuses for your toxic habit. 10 cups a day and proud of it!! - give me a break - you simply don't have the courage to do anything about your terrible health (and it will be terrible). Only in the UK do I see such ignorance!!
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So after all this research they come to the conclusion it is moderation in all things. They don't even know why they think two cups of coffee is good but five is not. What a load of time and money.
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I have 20 cups a day ,its the only thing that keeps me going,make me another cup love thats a good girl.
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I'm about two more fear mongering stories before i lock myself in a padded room and munch on lettuce leaves....but will they kill me or make me live longer..... - Dee, Belfast(Via the way of Scotland), 26/6/2012 22:35Lettuce gives me indigestion which seem to trigger atrial fibrilation. Maybe it's the morphine in it. There's all sorts in this world. (Grin)
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I drink 5 coffees , and take a Statin as well .
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For gods sake, the toxic effects of drinking coffee far outway any benefit the caffine might have. Don't believe me..... drink a coffee and then have a look under a darkfield microscope and see the effects on your live blood. It ain't pretty I can tell you! Just because a carrot cake has carrot in it does not make it good for you!!!
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...was the study sponsored by Starbucks?
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Yeah everything in moderation , a little of what you fancy does you good, common sense does go a long way u know , these scientists obviously have nothing better to do than re iterate the obvious yet still no cure for the common cold who Is paying them to do these pointless studies STOP wasting money we are sick of reading this cxxp
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Everything in moderation is OK - why don't you try it DM with these stupid nutritional scares
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Oh look another one to add to the list ad be nil by mouth if I took any notice of these
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