Tuesday, November 08, 2005
More evidence of the health benefits of drinking coffee
There was a special segment on NBC news tonight that found more evidence of the health benefits of drinking coffee. The surprising finding is that women who drank the most coffee were at the lowest risk of developing hypertentions. See the video clip:
Here’s good news for women who love coffee: Drinking it doesn’t seem to cause long-term high blood pressure, a study suggests.
But for some reason, women in the same study who drank sodas did seem to have a greater risk of high blood pressure. Researchers were surprised at that and cautioned that the study wasn’t conclusive.
Caffeine is a well-known ingredient in both beverages, and has been shown to cause short-term increases in blood pressure. But coffee drinkers in the study were no more likely than abstainers to develop high blood pressure during 12 years of follow-up.
Antioxidants in coffee
There was even some evidence that women who drank lots of coffee — four or more daily cups of regular or decaf — faced a slightly lower risk for developing high blood pressure than those who drank little or none.
Winkelmayer said that may be because coffee has lots of antioxidants, substances which are thought to help protect the heart and reduce risks of cancer. Read full article.
Here’s good news for women who love coffee: Drinking it doesn’t seem to cause long-term high blood pressure, a study suggests.
But for some reason, women in the same study who drank sodas did seem to have a greater risk of high blood pressure. Researchers were surprised at that and cautioned that the study wasn’t conclusive.
Caffeine is a well-known ingredient in both beverages, and has been shown to cause short-term increases in blood pressure. But coffee drinkers in the study were no more likely than abstainers to develop high blood pressure during 12 years of follow-up.
Antioxidants in coffee
There was even some evidence that women who drank lots of coffee — four or more daily cups of regular or decaf — faced a slightly lower risk for developing high blood pressure than those who drank little or none.
Winkelmayer said that may be because coffee has lots of antioxidants, substances which are thought to help protect the heart and reduce risks of cancer. Read full article.
