A new study is making a huge buzz on Sunday, Feb. 21, as it suggests that drinking more coffee a day would reduce the risk of experiencing liver problems like cirrhosis.
This study was first published in the journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics on Jan. 25, but it is just now that it is making rounds on the Internet. Scientists who are part of this research have lots of studies to back up this project. Their findings include: doubling your usual intake of coffee on a daily basis would keep you away from cirrhosis.
In a report published by CNN, they said that this research could save a person's liver from being damaged by 44%. The researchers performed 9 studies in order to determine the "exact link" between the amounts of coffee a person drinks to the risk of getting cirrhosis.
This research used over 430,000 participants in all of the nine studies made. Each of those studies has various time spans, but the longest time made for the observation took about two decades. Eight out of nine of these studies confirmed that the more coffee is drunk in a day, the risk of having liver problems could actually go low.
Adding two more cups every day in your usual dose of coffee is enough in reducing the risk of cirrhosis. The head of this research, Dr. Oliver Kennedy shared more facts about the study.
In an interview he did with Reuters, as cited by Pulse Headlines, he said, "Cirrhosis is potentially fatal and there is no cure as such. Therefore, it is significant that the risk of developing cirrhosis may be reduced by consumption of coffee, a cheap, ubiquitous and well-tolerated beverage."
This study will serve well those who are frequently drinking alcohol. But it doesn't mean that they now have a good excuse to justify their excessive alcohol consumption -- saying that drinking coffee will save their liver. After all, it is still best to drink moderately.
