Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning

[240B]

Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning

The Guardian
Ian Sample
8 Jan 2025

People who get their coffee hit in the morning reap benefits that are not seen in those who have shots later in the day, according to the first major study into the health benefits of the drink at different times.

Analysis of the coffee consumption of more than 40,000 adults found that morning coffee drinkers were 16% less likely to die of any cause and 31% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease during a 10-year follow-up period than those who went without.

But the benefits to heart health appeared to vanish in people who drank coffee throughout the day, the researchers found, with medical records showing no significant reduction in mortality for all-day drinkers compared with those who avoided coffee.

“It’s not just whether you drink coffee or how much you drink, but the time of day when you drink coffee that’s important,” said Prof Lu Qi, an expert in nutrition and epidemiology at Tulane University in New Orleans. “We don’t typically give advice about timing in our dietary guidance, but perhaps we should be thinking about this in the future.”

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[mountaineer]

  I used to drink coffee all day long, e.g., about six cups a day. Now I'm down to two cups in the morning. I hope that covers all the bases.

[Gefn]

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[Polly Ticks]

My one cup of coffee in the morning helps my husband live longer. 

[deb]

My one cup of coffee in the morning helps my husband live longer.

 

I like the way you think!

[240B]

Don't worry folks. In another few months another "study" will drop claiming that Coffee is as toxic as nuclear waste. Then a few months after that, it will suddenly be the fountain of youth.

In my life, Coffee is good ... Coffee is evil ... Coffee is good ... has flipped back and forth a dozen times. It all depends on who is funding the 'study'.

[PeteS in CA]

My one cup of coffee in the morning helps my husband live longer.

 

[PeteS in CA]

Don't worry folks. In another few months another "study" will drop claiming that Coffee is as toxic as nuclear waste. Then a few months after that, it will suddenly be the fountain of youth.

In my life, Coffee is good ... Coffee is evil ... Coffee is good ... has flipped back and forth a dozen times. It all depends on who is funding the 'study'.

That's pretty much true of many/most claims about nutrition over the past 5 or 6 decades. Sucrose used to be eeeeee-vil and fructose good (because it wasn't sucrose). Now fructose is Nutritional Satan.

[mountaineer]

In my life, Coffee is good ... Coffee is evil ... Coffee is good ... has flipped back and forth a dozen times. It all depends on who is funding the 'study'.

See also: eggs.

[PeteS in CA]

See also: eggs.

And milk.

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I usually drink about the same amount of coffee every morning. If I drink much more or a bit later in the late, I sleep poorly.