You get up in the morning with rings under your eyes and motivation totally lacking. Until you’ve had your first cup of coffee, then you’re all go. That’s the reason most of us drink it–it’s an energy booster, it wakes us up and sharpens our focus. It’s effective in that role too, but there might be other great aspects that we’re missing.

For one, some research suggests that coffee might help lower our risk of death. That might perk you up, I for one find it a little surprising considering that coffee can also raise your stress levels in some circumstances–that’s never stopped me from drinking it, however. The study is presented in the Huffington Post:

The researchers used data from a previous study on 90,317 adults without cancer or history of cardiovascular disease who were followed from 1998 through 2009. They had reported their coffee intake, along with other dietary and health details, at the start of the study.

By 2009, about 8,700 people had died. After accounting for other factors like smoking, the researchers found that coffee drinkers were less likely to have died during the study than nondrinkers.

The risk of death was lowest for those who drank four to five cups of coffee per day.

Now, five cups of coffee a day is a lot, even for me, and I’m not sure I would recommend it even with this study’s results. For now I’d continue happily drinking one or two while waiting for more conclusive evidence that doubling that is a good idea. Check out the full post for more details.

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