The Most Dangerous Way to Drink Your Coffee, According to Science

For the study published in The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the researchers set out to investigate whether or not any particular brewing method for coffee was associated with a higher risk of premature death, heart disease, and stroke. All told, more than 500,000 Norwegian adults between the ages of 20 and 79 participated in the study, which required them to fill out surveys for two decades. Over this time period, roughly 12,000 participants died of heart disease, 6,000 died of ischemic heart disease, and almost 3,000 died of stroke.

Ultimately, the researchers discovered that participants who drank their coffee filtered had a 15% less chance of an early death. People who drank between one and four cups every day experienced the lowest rates of mortality overall and that includes people who didn’t drink any coffee at all.

“The finding that those drinking the filtered beverage did a little better than those not drinking coffee at all could not be explained by any other variable such as age, gender, or lifestyle habits,” noted Thelle. “So we think this observation is true.”

Meanwhile, those who drank unfiltered coffee weren’t so lucky. (So if you’re using a French press, now could be the time to finally upgrade.) The study’s findings on unfiltered coffee square with what a number of health experts have been saying for years about moderate coffee consumption and the resulting health effects.

via www.eatthis.com

I drink at least 4 filtered cups of coffee a day so I’m cool. But all you hipsters: not cool.