07/01/2025

Study Finds One Way of Drinking Coffee Could Help You Live Longer

Limit sugar and saturated fats for better health

Take your coffee black, and it could help you live longer: That's according to a new study that found coffee drinkers tend to live longer, but only those who put little or no sugar and saturated fat in their beverages.

This notion coffee reduces the chance of an early death has been around for a while. Here the study team, led by researchers from Tufts University, wanted to look specifically at whether what you add to your coffee makes a difference.

"Few studies have examined how coffee additives could impact the link between coffee consumption and mortality risk, and our study is among the first to quantify how much sweetener and saturated fat are being added," said epidemiologist Bingjie Zhou from Tufts University.

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