Men who drank more than five cups of coffee a day reduced their risk of developing heart disease by 44 percent.
Women who drank four to five cups each day lowered their risk by 34 percent.
Coffee contains antioxidants that help prevent heart disease and it raises neither blood pressure nor cholesterol.
Coffee consumption decreased the relative risks of stroke across categories of coffee consumption in the more than 83,000 women of the Nurses’ Health Study.
Coffee reduces inflammation and improves the health of the endothelial lining of arteries. Some substances in coffee also have significant antioxidant effects.
The antioxidants in coffee are polyphenol which may prevent and reduce the risks of heart disease.
Coffee reduces the risk of heart disease
