A new study has found that drinking coffee at a certain time of day could reduce your risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke
Around 98 million cups of coffee are consumed in the UK daily, with people drinking between two and three per day on average. While too much coffee can lead to negative side effects, experts have found that your morning cup could actually reduce your risk of dying from a stroke or heart attack.
However, the timing of your coffee consumption is crucial, according to a recent study published in the European Heart Journal. The research analysed data on the coffee drinking habits – both caffeinated and decaffeinated – of around 40,000 American adults.
At the start of the study, none of the participants had any heart or circulatory diseases. The results suggested that those who primarily enjoyed their coffee in the morning were 31% less likely than non-coffee drinkers to die from a heart or circulatory disease over an average of 10 years, and 16% less likely to die from any cause, according to the British Heart Foundation.
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In contrast, those who sipped coffee throughout the day didn’t show any significantly lower risk of dying over the following decade compared to non-coffee drinkers. Researchers speculated that consuming coffee later in the day, which could potentially disrupt people’s body clocks, might offset or diminish other health benefits of coffee, reports the Mirror US.
The study also hinted that consuming coffee before noon might lower the risk of heart and circulatory disease. This is because coffee contains substances that reduce inflammation, and some molecules in the blood that cause inflammation are more active earlier in the day.