Coffee drinkers have a lower risk of an early death, according to a new study whether they add sugar or not.
Previous studies have found that drinking coffee can reduce the risk of heart diseases and other serious illnesses.
However, they did not take into account the amount of sugar that was consumed with the coffee.
Now, researchers in China have evaluated how much sugar in coffee impacts the mortality rate in a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
They used data from a total of 171, 616 participants from the UK BioBank.
They found that people who drank a moderate amount of coffee a day, with sugar or without, had a lower risk of death than those who did not.
The study also took into account various factors of the participants including sex, ethnicity, body mass index, diet, and physical activity.
The greatest impact was seen for those who drink between 2.5 and 4.5 cups a day, with a reduction of an earth death of 29 per cent.
Dr Christina Wee, deputy editor of the journal, also flagged that the findings in the study were not conclusive.
But she conceded that drinking coffee, sweetened or not, does not appear to be harmful for most- though added that it is better to avoid too many sugar filled coffee drinks.