As a society, we’re always looking for anti-aging tips that will
help us to deal with aging more gracefully. New research,
published in The New England Journal of Medicine may provide us
one of the simplest anti-aging tips out there – enjoy a couple
of cups of coffee each day! If you love coffee, you’ll be happy
to learn that it can bring more than just happiness to your
morning; it may actually help you to live longer. The
researchers analyzed the coffee drinking habits of 229,119 men
and 173,141 women that were part of the National Institutes of
Health – AARP Diet and Health study. The participants were
between the ages of 50 and 71 at the beginning of the study.
Coffee consumption was only assessed at the beginning of the
study. Follow-up on the aging participants between 1995 and 2008
found that 33,731 men died and 18,784 women died. The
researchers found that participants who drank coffee were at an
increased risk of death before adjustments were made to the
study. Coffee Drinkers – The Damage Coffee dri