Summary: Those who drink sugary coffee daily are up to 31% less likely to die in a 7-year follow-up than those who do not drink coffee. Those who drank sugar-free coffee were 21% less likely to die during follow-up.
Source: American College of Physicians
A cohort study found that compared to those who did not drink coffee, adults who drank moderate amounts (between 1.5 and 3.5 cups a day) of sugar-free coffee or sugar-sweetened coffee were less likely to die. during a 7-year follow-up period.
The results for those using artificial sweeteners were less clear.
The findings are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Previous studies looking at the health effects of coffee have found that coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of death, but did not distinguish between coffee without sugar and coffee with sugar or artificial sweeteners.
Researchers at Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China, used data from the Health Behavior Questionnaire to study the UK Biobank to assess associations of consumption of sweetened, artificially sweetened and sugar-free coffee with all-cause and all-cause mortality. specific.
More than 171,000 participants in the UK with no known heart disease or cancer were asked various questions about diet and health to determine coffee drinking habits.
- The authors found that during the 7-year follow-up period, participants who drank any amount of sugar-free coffee were 16 to 21% less likely to die than participants who did not drink coffee.
- They also found that participants who drank 1.5 to 3.5 cups of sugar-sweetened coffee a day were 29 to 31 percent less likely to die than participants who did not drink coffee.
- The authors noted that adults who drank sugary coffee added only about 1 teaspoon of sugar per cup of coffee on average.
- The results were not conclusive for participants who used artificial sweeteners in their coffee.
Any publisher who accompanies the editors of Annals of Internal Medicine points out that while coffee has qualities that can make possible health benefits, the confusing variables include the most difficult differences to measure in socioeconomic status. , diet and other lifestyle factors can affect the results.
Previous studies looking at the health effects of coffee have found that coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of death, but did not distinguish between coffee without sugar and coffee with sugar or artificial sweeteners. The image is in the public domain
The authors add that the data of the participants are at least 10 years old and have been collected in a country where tea is an equally popular drink.
They warn that the average daily amount of sugar per cup of coffee recorded in this analysis is much lower than the special drinks in restaurants of popular coffee chains, and many coffee consumers may drink it instead of other drinks that make it difficult. comparisons with non-drinkers. .
From this data, doctors can tell their patients that most coffee drinkers do not need to eliminate the drink from their diet, but should be careful with special high-calorie coffees.
About this news of coffee research and mortality
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Original search: closed access. “Association of consumption of sugary, artificially sweetened and sugar-free coffee with mortality for all causes and for specific causes” by Dan Liu et al. Annals of Internal Medicine
Closed access. “The Potential Health Benefit of Coffee: Does a Spoonful of Sugar Do It All?” by Christina C. Wee. Annals of Internal Medicine
Summary
Association of consumption of sweetened coffee, artificially sweetened and without sugar with mortality for all causes and for specific causes
Background:
Previous observational studies have suggested an association between coffee intake and reduced risk of death, but these studies did not distinguish between coffee consumed with sugar or artificial sweeteners and coffee consumed without.
Goal:
Evaluate the associations of the consumption of sugary coffee, artificially sweetened and without sugar with mortality for all causes and for specific causes.
Design:
Prospective cohort study.
Settings:
The data were extracted from the UK Biobank.
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Participants:
A total of 171,616 participants (mean age, 55.6 years [SD, 7.9]) without cardiovascular disease (CVD) or cancer were initially eligible. Demographic, lifestyle and dietary reference data from the UK Biobank were used, with follow-up starting in 2009 and ending in 2018.
Sizes:
Dietary consumption of sugary, artificially sweetened and sugar-free coffee was self-reported. Mortality was estimated for all causes, related to cancer and related to CVD.
Results:
During a mean follow-up of 7.0 years, 3177 deaths were recorded (including 1725 deaths from cancer and 628 deaths from CVD). Cox models with penalized splines showed U-shaped associations of sugar-free coffee, sugary coffee, and artificially sweetened coffee with mortality. Compared to non-consumers, consumers of various amounts of sugar-free coffee (> 0 to 1.5,> 1.5 to 2.5,> 2.5 to 3.5,> 3.5 to 4.5 and> 4.5 drinks / day) had lower mortality risks for all causes after adjustment by lifestyle, sociodemographic and clinical factors, with respective risk ratios of 0.79 (95% CI, 0, 70 to 0.90), 0.84 (CI, 0.74 to 0.95), 0.71 (CI, 0.62 to 0.82), 0.71 (CI, 0.62 to 0.82 ) and 0.71 (CI, 0.62 to 0.82) and 0.77 (CI, 0.65 to 0.91); the respective estimates for the consumption of sugary coffee were 0.91 (CI, 0.78 to 1.07), 0.69 (CI, 0.57 to 0.84), 0.72 (CI, 0.57 to 0.91), 0.79 (CI, 0.60 to 1.05) and (1.06) IC, 0.82 to 1.36). The association between artificially sweetened coffee and mortality was less consistent. The association of coffee consumption with cancer mortality and CVD was largely consistent with all-cause mortality. U-shaped associations were also observed for instant, ground and decaffeinated coffee.
Limitation:
Exposure assessed at baseline may not capture changes in intake over time.
Conclusion:
Moderate consumption of sugar-free and sugary coffee was associated with a lower risk of death.
Main source of funding:
China National Natural Science Foundation, CAST Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program and project supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Research Foundation.
Summary
The Potential Health Benefit of Coffee: Does a Spoonful of Sugar Make Everything Go Away?
Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages and there has long been interest in understanding its effects on health.
According to a 2022 estimate, Americans drink 517 million cups of coffee a day, and 66% of Americans surveyed reported drinking coffee in the past day.
Much of the data on the health effects of coffee so far is based on observational studies, and these, including 2 previous studies published by Annals in 2017 by Gunter and colleagues and Park and colleagues, suggest a relationship in U-shape between coffee consumption and all-cause mortality. and other health outcomes; those who consume moderate amounts of coffee daily.