Drinking up to 25 cups a day is no worse for your heart than one
We tend to like our coffee how we like our men: strong, sweet and in small doses. Except now, science says that if you're a fiend for a latte, or your Americano habit is insatiable, you're pretty much in the clear.
Where once it was recommended that coffee lovers curb their enthusiasm for the drink, as it was believed to stiffen arteries and increase risk of stroke or heart attack, science now has had a change of heart. A new study, partly funded by the British Heart Foundation, says that a high intake of coffee doesn't have the effect that we once thought. And in fact, drinking up to 25 cups a day is no worse for your heart than one.
One in three Irish people now buys a coffee at least once a day - an increase of 10pc on the previous year according to a 2017 survey of 1,011 people by Allegra World for UCC Coffee Ireland. The number of specialist coffee houses grew by 8.5pc in 2016, according to Euromonitor. But now that everything we thought we knew about the health effects of coffee has been upended, what is the truth about our favourite morning beverage? We asked a couple of experts on whether it really is all good news for espresso aficionados.
- So how much coffee is really okay now?
- Are there other health benefits?
- Do the findings have impact on the advice for pregnant women?
- Does it have an effect on the heart?
- What about insomnia?
- What about your tummy?
- What about affecting your teeth?
- What about calories?
- So, is it better than tea?
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