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Coffee Consumption and Its Impact on Health

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Coffee contains many bioactive chemicals, including various antioxidants. The beverage appears to have a variety of health-protective benefits. People who drink moderate amounts of coffee are at lower risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, and of all-cause mortality. Coffee is linked to a reduced risk of liver and endometrial cancer, though not against other types of cancer. Evidence suggests that coffee may also lower the risk of Parkinson’s disease but, apparently, is not protective against dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. This evidence strongly suggests that drinking up to 5 cups of coffee per day appears to have some favorable effects on health. However, coffee may pose a modestly elevated risk of several adverse pregnancy outcomes.

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    Valentina Guercio

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  1. Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN, USA

    Ted Wilson

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    Norman J. Temple

  3. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    George A. Bray

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Guercio, V. (2022). Coffee Consumption and Its Impact on Health. In: Wilson, T., Temple, N.J., Bray, G.A. (eds) Nutrition Guide for Physicians and Related Healthcare Professions. Nutrition and Health. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82515-7_27

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