Drinking coffee can slash the risk of an early death.
Drinking coffee reduces the risk of an early death
A new study has found that those who drink a moderate amount of the beverage are up to 31 per cent less likely to die at a young age.
The research examined data on the caffeine habits of more than 171,000 Britons and found those who drank two cups of coffee per day were between 16 and 21 per cent less likely to die than those who shun the drink.
The study, which has been published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that those who have a 'moderate' coffee habit - drinking between one and a half to three and a half cups a day - were at a lower risk of premature death from cancer or heart disease.
Dr. Christina Wee, the deputy editor of the journal, did warn that the results do not "definitely" prove that drinking coffee lowers the risk of death.
She said: "What we can probably say is that drinking coffee with a little bit of sugar probably doesn't cause much harm."