COFFEE is good for your heart and your brain, according to a study. Research found people who drink two or three cups a day have a lower risk of heart disease, stroke or type 2 diabetes . 1 Coffee beans are packed with antioxidants (stock image) Credit: Alamy It is good news for Brits, who now love it almost as much as tea and drink 98million cups per day versus 100million.
Experts at Soochow University in China used data from 500,000 British people aged 37 to 73. They found moderate coffee drinkers – two to three cups daily – were half as likely as non-drinkers to develop two or more cardiometabolic diseases. These are serious but preventable illnesses including heart attacks , strokes, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and fatty liver disease .
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Lead author Dr Chaofu Ke said: “Our findings highlight that moderate amounts of coffe.