There is more good news for coffee drinkers.

Two studies have shown that drinking coffee may reduce the risk of stroke and possibly also the risk to heart rhythm disturbances are taken to the hospital.

Every year more and more studies on the benefits of drinking coffee. In addition to brain function and alertness, it seems coffee may also help the risk of two of the greatest scourges of our society. Stroke and heart problems

study by Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, shows that people who are at least 4 cups of coffee per day, drinking 18 percent less chance of an irregular pulse rate will be taken to the hospital.

A study by the University of Cambridge in England shows benefits for people at risk for stroke. published

This study in February 2010, just weeks before the study of heart rate, showed that people were drinking that coffee, a risk had less than 27 percent of stroke than those who do not drink coffee.

The study did not show it actually matter whether someone drinks a cup of coffee per day or four or more, the benefits are the same.

The study by the University of Cambridge provided a look threw a large group of people on the basis of information about their coffee consumption.

He estimated 23,000 people for 12 years on information that they said provided about their coffee consumption, “researcher Yangmei Li, an epidemiologist University of Cambridge in England.

The studys findings were presented in San Antonio at the annual conference of the American Stroke Association in February.

Interestingly, remained the risk of the same, no matter what kind of people drink coffee, even when caffeine. also had instant coffee and ground the same effect.

A spokesman for the American Stroke Association said the study reflects others have shown that coffee has health benefits. Several studies in this direction by doing the benefits of coffee consumption.

One reason may there is less risk of stroke, that coffee is considered to contribute to the risk of type 2 diabetes, which can lead to stroke and also believed, reduce the risk of heart disease.

previous studies, including one published in Circulation. Journal of the American Heart Association in 2009 shows that consumption of at least two cups of coffee a day br to a lower risk of stroke in non-smokers


The 24 – year study, the Nurses Health Study data showed that women-Non smoking, drinking four cups of coffee a day had used a 20 percent chance of a stroke in women. drank two fifty-eight cups a day had a chance of 19 percent and women who drank coffee from five to seven times per week had 12 percent lower risk.

interesting about this study is that other drinks containing caffeine in them, and decaffeinated coffee, no apparent reduction of risk than caffeinated coffee does.

theory is that antioxidants coffee reduce inflammation and improve blood vessel function caffeinated.


Kaiser Permanente