In January 2010 a study found that coffee drinkers benefited by having less risk of having prostrate and endometrial cancer. A new study adds a new notch to coffee’s belt… Coffee drinkers have a lower risk of stroke.
Susanna Larsson a Swedish researcher with the Stockholm Karolinska Institute studied women coffee drinkers. Her findings were that those who drink more than a cup a day have a quarter of the risk of suffering a stroke as compared to those who drink less than a cup. The report was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (AHA).
Because stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death following cancer and heart disease this is an important finding.
It is a 10 year longitudinal study, Swedish Mammography Cohort, which followed 35,000 women between the ages of 49 and 83. The overall purpose of the study is to investigate disease as it is affected by lifestyle and diet.
Coffee drinking has health perks to counter concerns of some that coffee causes an increase of heart rate and may raise blood pressure. The study does not identify the qualities of coffee that give the benefit.
Previous research ahs pointed to the large amounts of antioxidants.
Previous research has indicated some benefit to vision, heart, and a slowing of cognitive decline.
A related finding is that the overall benefits are less in those coffee drinkers who also smoke.-----
