Scientists have told how many cups of coffee to drink a day to live longer

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According to experts, coffee really prolongs life. But on one condition: you need to remember that everything is good in moderation. As the author of the article in The Sun writes, during an 11-year study, scientists managed to determine the exact number of cups of coffee that should be drunk every day in order to live longer.

A cup of coffee is one of the simplest pleasures in life. However, there is a limit to how many cups of this delicious drink you should drink per day.

Experts say coffee can indeed help you live longer, but you have to drink it in a certain way for it to be beneficial for your health.

Researchers studied the habits of coffee drinkers across the UK.

They looked at people who didn't drink coffee at all, those who drank it in moderate amounts — about three cups a day — and those who drank more than three cups daily.

The study lasted for 11 years, and scientists found that those who drank three cups of ground coffee daily had a 12% lower risk of premature death, and they also found a connection between the consumption of this amount of coffee and improved health indicators.< /p>

Along with this, the researchers also found that these people were 17% less likely to die from heart disease and 21% less likely to die from a stroke.

During a study conducted by doctors from Semmelweis University in Budapest and Queen Mary University of London, 3.4% of people who drank coffee in moderation died. For comparison: during the same period, 3.7% of those who abstained from coffee died, and 4% of those who drank more than three cups a day.

But experts emphasized that these results refer only to those , who drank freshly ground coffee, and not instant coffee, which can be bought in any supermarket.

They explained this by the fact that different types of coffee can have different effects on the human body due to the processing methods of coffee beans and different chemicals that may be added during production.

They also advised choosing decaffeinated coffee, as people who drink it have a lower risk of death compared to those who do not drink this drink at all.

Based on this, scientists also did conclusion that the health benefits of coffee are most likely due to its antioxidants rather than caffeine.

One of the study's co-authors, Dr. Pal Maurowicz-Horvat, said the scientists used MRI to analyze the effect of regular coffee consumption on the structure and function of the heart.

“We found that regular, moderate coffee consumption is good for heart health, and we hypothesized that it may slow down age-related changes,” he said.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among of men in Britain and the second most common cause of death among women, claiming more than 60,000 lives a year.

Coronary heart disease is a term that describes what happens when the blood supply to your heart is blocked or becomes irregular due to a buildup of fatty substances in the coronary arteries, the NHS explains.

Official guidance from the health authority says: “Over time, the walls of your arteries can become covered with fatty deposits. This process is known as atherosclerosis, and the fatty deposits are called atheromas. Atherosclerosis can be caused by various everyday habits, such as smoking and regular consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol. You are also more at risk of developing atherosclerosis if you have conditions such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure (hypertension) or diabetes.”