A study group may have stumbled upon evidence that suggests drinking coffee could be good for you, going against the current medical advice which suggests abstaining from coffee could protect the heart.
Dr, Murray Mittleton, who earlier this year authored an article on how losing a loved one could increase the chances of experiencing a heart attack, has led the study at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The statement they are refuting was made in 2008 by the American Heart Association based on earlier research.
The current study led by Dr. Mittleton pooled dataset including 6,522 heart failure events and 140,220 participants from Sweden and Finland. The figures showed a J-shaped relationship between coffee consumption and heart
failure risk, with relative risks decreasing for coffee consumption of up
to four or five European servings (defined as 100 to 150 ml) per day and then returning to baseline
levels of risk for greater amounts.
The result therefore suggested that moderate coffee consumption may lower the risk of heart failure.
My guess is the next chap erring on the side of a little too much coffee:
Stay Healthy!
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