Lots of coffee may help prevent diabetes, researchers find

Monday January 20, 2003 (1035 PST)

ISLAMABAD: Coffee may actually cut your risk of developing diabetes -- as long as you keep drinking it all day, according to a surprising study.

Researchers at the Institute of Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands report in the journal Lancet that people who drink more than seven cups of coffee a day are 50 per cent less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than the moderates who quaff two cups or less.

But the researchers acknowledge that important questions remain: Can seven cups of coffee a day truly be good for you? You may, for example, reduce your risk of diabetes, but would you ever get a good night's sleep?

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