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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Arielle Domb

Is coffee the secret to healthy ageing for women?

Participants who consumed the most caffeine had a 13 per cent higher chance of healthy ageing than those who consumed the least caffeine (Alamy/PA) -

Whether you start your day plunging a cafetière, downing an espresso or purchasing a bougie Flat White, coffee drinkers may be in luck. A new study of more than 47,000 women has found links between drinking coffee and healthy ageing.

Since the 1970s, researchers have been following over 47,000 female nurses, asking them detailed questions about their diets, including their consumption of caffeinated drinks. Researchers then looked at the number of women who were still alive and those who demonstrated “healthy ageing.”

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