The good news about your morning cup(s) of joe keeps pouring in. Drinking two or more cups of coffee daily reduces your risk of death from liver cirrhosis by 66 percent.
And the findings aren鈥檛 a fluke. that followed more than 125,000 Californians for about 20 years found that for each cup of coffee consumed per day, participants were 22 percent less likely to develop the liver disease at all. Participants who drank both coffee and alcohol also had lower liver enzymes鈥攊ndicators of liver damage or disease鈥攖han those who drank alcohol but not coffee. So there’s your excuse to spike your morning cup.
Beyond your liver, studies have long shown that coffee is beneficial to your workouts. Caffeine ups fatty acids in your blood, fueling your body with fat instead of carbohydrates (saving those supplies until the crucial final moments in a workout or race). And serious athletes have long bought in: caffeine is one of the few drugs allowed in sports competition.
After it was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency list, more than 20,000 urine samples from official national and international competitions and found that three out of four athletes had consumed caffeine either during or before competition鈥攚ith endurance sports showing the highest caffeine excretions.
On top of that? Coffee provides the in the American diet, may both help control its symptoms, may , and鈥攗nlike soda鈥攎ay help . So don鈥檛 feel guilty about picking up that second cup鈥攜ou might be helping yourself in the long run.