ed with obesity, than those who didn’t drink coffee.
Among those who drank four cups a day, 3.2 percent later reported that they had type 2 diabetes, compared to 3.6 percent of people who drank no coffee.
After taking into account factors that could influence diabetes, such as weight and smoking, the researchers determined that frequent coffee drinkers were 23 percent less likely to develop diabetes, a result that squares with other studies.
That doesn’t mean that coffee is responsible for preventing type 2 diabetes, but experiments in animals have hinted that certain chemicals found within coffee could positively affect metabolism.
«We do not encourage people to start drinking coffee if they do not enjoy this, but the overall evidence on coffee and health suggests that there is no reason for persons without specific health conditions to reduce their coffee consumption in order to reduce their risk of chronic diseases,» said Rob van Damn, a professor at National University of Singapore, who was not involved in the study.
Source: in.reuters.com/article/2012/03/01/health-coffee-illnrss-idINDEE82001U20120301
Coffee drinking not linked to chronic illness: study
