GettyWe could all use some good news right about now, and many of us love coffee, so let’s jump into some good news about drinking coffee (at least potential good news). If you’re asking, “what health benefits?” here’s a quick review: coffee consumption boasts a research pedigree linking it to lower blood sugar, better liver health, sharper memory, protection against developing dementia, and perhaps even longer overall lifespan. Most coffee and tea studies are observational, leaning heavily on correlation, not causation, so finding a cause for the health benefits would be quite something. The researchers focused their search on epigenetic changes, which is to say environmental influences on genes (in this case drinking coffee and tea), which in turn alter the genes’ expression. To get to that number of people, they included results from 15 epigenetic studies, which collectively covered a lot of ground.

Source: Forbes April 30, 2020 04:49 UTC