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Studies claim two coffees a day

may cut the risk of heart disease

DRINKING two to three cups of pert at the Baker Heart Institute in The researchers said these mech-
coffee per day may slash the risk Melbourne, Australia, who led the anisms may be some of the factors
of developing heart problems and study, said: ‘Our data suggest that behind how drinking the beverage
prolong your life, a study suggests. daily coffee intake shouldn’t be dis- can boost heart health.
Researchers analysed data from couraged, but rather included as Researchers at the Baker Heart
Some artificial sweeteners ‘raise the nearly 400,000 people in their 50s a part of a healthy diet for people Institute in Melbourne studied
risk of cancers by up to 13 per cent’ who did not have heart disease and with and without heart disease.’ data from the UK BioBank — a da-
followed them up for 10 years.
Coffee beans contain more than tabase containing health informa-
They found in general drinking 100 compounds linked to lower tion from more than half a million
SWEETENERS commonly used about three more cancer cases per
in diet soft drinks could increase the 10,000 people over eight years, ac- two or three cups of coffee each levels of inflammation and an in- Britons who were monitored for 10
risk of cancer, a large study claims. cording to one analysis of the find- day — in line with the amount con- creased metabolism. years.
Experts from the French Nation- ings. sumed by the average Briton and
al Institute for Health and Medical But independent UK experts American was best.
Research, and Sorbonne Paris Nord pointed out several limitations of These people had a 10 to 15%
University, tracked the diet and the study and said they were still lower risk of developing coronary
health of 100,000 people over eight not convinced, claiming it ‘does not heart disease, heart failure, irregu-
years. prove or even suggest that we should lar heartbeat or dying for any rea-
They found a 13% higher rise of go back to sugar and turn our backs son within a decade.
cancer risk for people who regularly on artificial sweeteners’. The benefits held regardless of
consumed artificial sweeteners. The findings suggested those peo- whether participants drank instant
This highest risk was observed for or ground coffee, but decaf did not
the sweeteners aspartame and ace- ple consuming larger quantities yield the same health benefits.
sulfame-K, both used in the UK in (typically 79mg per day) of artificial Researchers also looked at peo-
soft drinks like Diet Coke and Coke sweeteners had a 13 per cent higher ple who already had some form of
Zero, as well products like yogurts risk of overall cancer compared to heart disease, and discovered two
and even cheese. those having none. to three cups a day was associated
Previous large-scale studies on hu- The findings were strongest for with lower odds of dying compared
mans have found no such association aspartame and acesulfame-K, both with not drinking any, despite con-
and UK experts said no causal link sweeteners that are approved in the cern among medics that the stimu-
had been found. UK. They are about 200 times sweet- lant can worsen heart issues.
If true, the finding would relate to er than normal sugar. Professor Peter Kistler, an ex-