Researchers Uncover 8 Ways Coffee Improves Health

Coffee's reputation as a food to avoid has been replaced with hundreds of studies that show coffee may be one of the healthiest drinks in the world.

A Harvard study released this month found that coffee drinkers who drink three to five cups a day are less likely to die from any cause than nondrinkers.

The study, published in Circulation, found that coffee drinkers of both regular and decaf had lower rates of dying from heart disease, stroke, neurological diseases, and suicide. Overall, the risk of dying was reduced by 15 percent.

Check out the following health problems coffee can help protect against :

Heart risk: A study released in June found that drinking three to five cups of coffee every day lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by up to 21 percent, according to a report presented at a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.

Diabetes: The recent study presented to the European Society of Cardiology also found that coffee reduces the risk of diabetes. Those who drank three to four cups a day lowered their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 25 percent when compared to those who drank fewer than two cups daily. Other studies have shown even better results — up to 67 percent.

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