Good News For Coffee Lovers: Daily Coffee May Benefit The Heart

Drinking coffee particularly two to three cups a day is not only associated with a lower risk of heart disease and dangerous heart rhythms but also with living longer, according to studies being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 71st Annual Scientific Session.

These trends held true for both people with and without cardiovascular disease. Researchers said the analyses the largest to look at coffee's potential role in heart disease and death provide reassurance that coffee isn't tied to new or worsening heart disease and may actually be heart protective. Because coffee can quicken heart rate, some people worry that drinking it could trigger or worsen certain heart issues. This is where general medical advice to stop drinking coffee may come from. But our data suggest that daily coffee intake shouldn't be discouraged, but rather included as a part of a healthy diet for people with and without heart disease and head of arrhythmia research at the Alfred Hospital and Baker Heart Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and the study's senior author. We found coffee drinking had either a neutral effect meaning that it did no harm or was associated with benefits to heart health.