Drinking two cups of coffee a day 'SLASHES your risk of dying young – preventing stroke and liver disease'

DRINKING two cups of coffee a day could slash the risk of premature death, scientists claim.

They believe men who have two or three cups a day are 18 per cent less likely to die young compared with those who don’t and women eight per cent.

The biggest consumers were also 80 per cent less likely to die of liver disease.

And the risk of death from digestive problems fell 59 per cent in men and 40 per cent in women.

Drinking coffee also cut women’s chance of a stroke by 30 per cent and men’s by 17 per cent.

But high consumption was found to raise women’s chances of ovarian cancer death by a third.

Experts at Imperial College London studied 521,330 people in ten European countries over 16 years.

They found the type of coffee, such as espresso or milky latte, did not alter its protective effect.

 

And they found similar effects in standard and decaf drinkers, suggesting caffeine is not responsible for the health boost.

Instead, they believe other naturally-occurring compounds in coffee aid wellbeing by improving liver function and ­bolstering the immune system.

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Lead researcher Dr Marc Gunter said: “Compared with non-coffee drinkers, those drinking coffee had healthier liver enzyme profiles, lower inflammation and better glucose control.

“So it’s possible that coffee could be having beneficial effects on these pathways.”

Professor Elio Riboli, of Imperial’s School of Public Health, said it suggests drinking coffee is not only safe, but “may have a protective health effect”. Cambridge University risk expert Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter said people “should relax and enjoy” their coffee.

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