It’s likely that as you read this, caffeine is coursing through your veins. After all, 90 percent of US adults consume the substance in some form daily, according to some estimates. The popular psychoactive compound can alter everything from exercise to antioxidant properties. But, despite its ubiquity, we’re still learning the full extent of caffeine’s effects on our minds and bodies.
A new prospective study published today in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism used data from the UK Biobank, a database containing health information on over 500,000 participants, to look at if caffeine-containing products, like coffee and tea, could affect the risk for chronic conditions such as stroke, coronary artery disease, and type 2 diabetes.
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