Seven Surprising Health Benefits of Coffee
Coffee is one of the world's most popular drinks, but it didn’t get there through its health virtues. Most people started drinking their cups of Joe to feel more alert and awake, to get them through classes or work. And yet scientific study after scientific study has appeared reporting the hidden health benefits of the liquid lightning. Here, we take you through some of the greatest of this year alone – to vindicate people who drink it religiously, and to guilt those who don't drink it, to start. Longer Lives Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the AARP, led by Neal D. Freedman, conducted a longitudinal study beginning in 1995 and ending in 2008. From the beginning, over 400,000 people participated, ranging in age from 50 to 71 years old. All were relatively healthy at the beginning of the trial, with none reporting a history of heart disease, stroke or cancer. Of that number, 50,000 passed away during the course of the trial. Int...