Mike Carruthers

All this today on Something You Should Know.

If you drink coffee, and I drink a fair amount of coffee, so I know this is true for me and I suspect it's true for most coffee drinkers, that you worry about it, that you feel guilty about it.

Oh, I should cut back.

I'm drinking too much.

Well, if you've ever thought that, hang on.

That's what we're going to start with today on this episode of Something You Should Know.

I'm Mike Carruthers, and welcome.

Glad to have you here.

So, coffee drinkers often worry and feel guilty about the coffee they drink.

But a study has found that drinking coffee is linked to a longer life.

And the more coffee, the longer the life.

Researchers observed more than 208,000 participants over 30 years.

These participants completed physical exams and surveys on diet and behavior, including their coffee habits.

The more coffee they drank, the lower their risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, suicide, and neurological diseases like Parkinson's.

And if you're a non-smoker, that's even better.

A daily cup of coffee was associated with a 6% decreased risk of early death.

1 to 3 daily cups of coffee was associated with an 8% decrease in risk of early death.

And 3 to 5 cups was associated with a 15% decrease.

Decaf drinkers got the same benefits.

Now, science is not sure why this is, and no one is saying that coffee actually prevents disease.