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Coffee drinkers live longer - perhaps

Three cups of coffee a day may boost longevity and reduce heart and gut disease risk

11-Jul-2017

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Drinking three cups of coffee a day may help you live longer.

Study of almost half a million people from 10 European countries.

Effect seen even if it is decaffeinated.

Particularly linked to a lower risk of heart and gut diseases.

An extra cup of coffee could extend life by 1 or 3 months for women and men respectively.

The study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal.

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Annals of Internal Medicine

Internal medicine journal.

David Spiegelhalter

Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge.

Imperial College London (ICL)

Public research university with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Agency for cancer research, prevention and control of cancer.

NHS

UK National Health Service, publicly funded healthcare system in England

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