From the Coffee Shop
February: American Heart Month
February is American Heart Month! Did you know that drinking coffeeis healthy for your heart? Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reviewed five studies that analyzed the relationship between coffee consumption and heart failure risk. Of the 140,000 participants in the studies, those who regularly drank two 8-ounce cups of coffee had an 11% lower risk of heart failure than those who didn’t drink it. Researchers think the preventative aspect comes from coffee’s healthy compounds like antioxidants, which can reduce the risk of Type IIDiabetes (a known risk factor for heart failure). Heart Disease is the leading cause of death...
Good For Your Heart — Another Coffee Success Study
We’ve long known that coffee is good for your heart. Coffee is loaded with antioxidants — those molecules that help stop the chain reactions of free radicals in your system. And by stopping those chain reactions, a person is much better off in defense against cancer and heart disease. Now there is a new study which shows that regular coffee consumption aids those people with heart rhythm problems. The study was led by Dr. Arthur Klatsky, a senior consultant at Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in California, and looked at the rate of hospitalization of more than 130,000 people. The...
