Off the I-15

How many cups of coffee do you drink? If you’re like me, you probably drink a lot.

I like a cup of coffee in the morning, and sometimes in the afternoon and sometimes in the evening. In fact, I plan to brew a pot when I get home from the office tonight. If there is coffee in front of me, I’ll probably drink it. I even like gas station coffee.

Well, fellow java chuggers, there’s good news. According to researchers in the United States and Spain:

“Drinking two or three cups of coffee a day did not increase risk of death in either men or women and in fact both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee were linked with a slightly reduced risk of death from heart disease. “

The study was funded by the US National Institutes of Health and published in the 17 June issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

But we’re not out of the woods yet. The study suggests more investigation into the results.

And to be fair, I found out about the report from the Barstow Community Hospital monthly newsletter.

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