Age Wise
The Many Ways Coffee Just Might Save Your Life
New research reveals more protective benefits of our favorite drug
While it’d be an overstatement to claim that simple coffee pots are the long-sought fountains of youth, new research adds to a brewing case for coffee as one of the most underrated anti-aging drugs on the market.
Were coffee patented by big pharma, we’d see TV ads extolling its ability to lower the risks for heart attacks, type 2 diabetes, even some cancers. While the mostly mild side effects are being voiced in a speedy monotone, dreamy video would show coffee-chugging athletes outmaneuvering opponents and sharp-minded seniors breezing through crossword puzzles then quickly spotting and avoiding danger as they drive through a busy intersection and then, as a closer, remembering to turn off their blinker.
Truth is, coffee is all that. Or, at least, the science strongly suggests it is, even if firm proof of cause-and-effect remains elusive, as with most research on food and drink.
Keeping the brain sharp
Though it’s not clear how much coffee is too much, and research indicates that several cups a day are linked to longer life, much evidence supports serious benefits of at least moderate consumption.
