China News Service, May 9. According to the Greek "China-Greece Times" report, recent scientific research has shown that coffee is not related to the induction of heart disease. Moreover, drinking two to three cups of coffee a day can not only reduce the risk of heart disease, but may also be related to the risk of heart disease. There is an association with increased lifespan.

　　"Because coffee can increase heart rate, some people are concerned about drinking coffee," said lead author Peter M. May cause or exacerbate certain heart problems. However, research data suggest that daily coffee consumption should not be discouraged, but should be included as part of a healthy diet."

　　Gistler and his team used data from the UK Biobank, a large-scale database containing health information for more than 500,000 people for at least 10 years.

　　The researchers looked at heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias), cardiovascular disease (including coronary heart disease, heart failure, and stroke), and heart-related serious illness and death, as well as healthy people without any cardiovascular disease.

Respondents were divided into groups based on their daily coffee consumption.

　　In the first part of the study, the researchers analyzed data from 382,535 healthy people without heart disease to see if coffee drinking was associated with heart disease over a 10-year recording period.

The average age of the participants was 57 years, and 50% were women.

　　The findings showed that, in general, two to three cups of coffee a day had the greatest benefits.

Can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, heart failure, heart rhythm problems or death by 10%-15%.

　　The second part of the study involved 34,279 people with some form of cardiovascular disease.

People who drank two to three cups of coffee a day had a lower mortality rate compared with patients who did not drink coffee.

Coffee consumption was not associated with increased heart rhythm problems, including atrial fibrillation (AFib) or atrial flutter.

　　In 24,111 people with arrhythmias, coffee drinking was associated with a lower risk of death.

People with atrial fibrillation who drank one cup of coffee a day were 20 percent less likely to die than those who did not drink coffee.

　　"Clinicians often have some concerns about people with cardiovascular disease or cardiac arrhythmias continuing to drink coffee, so they'll often err on the side of caution and advise them to stop drinking coffee entirely because they're concerned that it may cause dangerous heart rhythms," Gistler said. Abnormal. But our research shows that regular coffee consumption is safe."

　　While drinking two to three cups of coffee a day seems to be the most beneficial overall, Gistler says it's also important to drink in moderation, and not to suddenly increase the dose of coffee unless there are special circumstances.

　　People often equate coffee with caffeine.

In fact, there are more than 100 bioactive compounds in coffee beans.

These compounds can help improve insulin sensitivity, boost metabolism, inhibit the absorption of fat in the gut, and block receptors associated with abnormal heart rhythms, Gistler said.

　　In the third part of the study, the researchers looked at whether there were differences in the association between coffee type and cardiovascular disease: such as choosing instant or ground coffee, caffeinated or decaffeinated.

The results showed no significant difference.

　　Gistler said the findings showed that choosing decaf coffee did not make a difference in preventing cardiovascular problems compared to choosing caffeinated coffee.

Decaffeinated coffee reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease other than heart failure.

　　However, these studies had several important limitations: The researchers were unable to control for the effect of other dietary factors that have been shown to play a role in cardiovascular disease, such as cream, milk or sugar intake, on the final results.

Second, the survey participants were predominantly white, so more research is needed to see if these conclusions can be extended to other populations.

(Zhang Jiaxiang)