Coffee gains scientific backing for lowering dementia, diabetes and liver disease risks
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Updated · Vox.com · May 9
Coffee gains scientific backing for lowering dementia, diabetes and liver disease risks
9 articles · Updated · Vox.com · May 9
A JAMA study of 131,821 US doctors and nurses over 43 years found two to three cups of caffeinated coffee daily linked to an 18% lower dementia risk.
Meta-analyses also associated coffee with a 29% lower diabetes risk, 39% lower cirrhosis odds and a 44% lower liver-cancer risk, while US guidelines now class unsweetened coffee healthy.
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