Drinking at least one cup of coffee a day can reduce the risk of heart failure, researchers said Tuesday.
The report, published Tuesday in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure, found that there is an advantage to Java usage by looking at data from three major studies.
Compared to people who did not drink coffee, java lovers were found to have a reduced risk of heart failure between 5 and 12% for every cup they drank daily, according to research by Framingham Heart and Cardiovascular Health.
This was the case for up to three cups of coffee, the study reads.
A second study of atherosclerosis risk in communities found that the risk of heart failure remains the same if you do not drink coffee or one cup a day.
But the same study found that two cups of coffee is associated with a 30% reduced risk of heart failure.
Meanwhile, coffee-free coffee does not have the same benefits as regular Java – and one study has suggested that it may be linked to a higher risk of heart problems.
Dr. David Kao, an assistant professor of cardiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said caffeine may be the most important factor associated with heart health.
“The link between caffeine risk reduction and heart failure has been astonishing,” Kao said in a statement.
“Coffee and caffeine are often considered by the general population to be bad for the heart because people associate it with palpitations, high blood pressure, etc.”