DRINKING MORE WATER MAY LOWER HEART DISEASE RISK, BUT TOO MUCH COFFEE AND TEA COULD RAISE IT
By Hugo Francisco de Souza
A new study finds that high coffee and tea consumption is linked to increased heart disease risk, while drinking more water could offer protection—especially for women.
Study: Sex differences in the associations of water, coffee and tea consumption with cardiovascular diseases: a prospective cohort study. Image Credit: Viktoriya Krayn / Shutterstock
Moderate coffee and tea consumption (0.5–3 cups/day) was not linked to increased CVD risk—the harmful effects were primarily seen in heavy drinkers (≥6 cups/day).
In a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers investigated the associations between water, tea, and coffee intake and subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD). They further evaluated potential sex differences in these associations using the United Kingdom (UK) Biobank data. Their long-term dataset comprised more than 461,000 participants, followed over a median of 8.7 years.
2025-02-19T05:42:15Z