Life expectancy can largely be attributed to a healthy balanced diet. Experts say you should eat at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day, base meals on higher fibre starchy foods, have some dairy or dairy alternative, and eat some beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other protein. Choosing unsaturated oils and spread and eating them in small amounts is also important, alongside drinking plenty of fluids.
But when it comes to one of the nation’s favourite drinks, coffee, how much is considered a healthy amount?
Drinking as little as two cups of coffee a day has been found to increase life expectancy by up to two years, according to a new study.
Research published in the European Journal of Epidemiology analysed previous studied which looked at the benefits of drinking coffee.
The study analysed the ages and causes of death of more than 450,000 people, along with dietary records, which included how much coffee they drank.
Researchers found drinking coffee was linked to a reduced risk of all-cause mortality “irrespective of age, overweight status, alcohol drinking, smoking status and caffeine content of coffee”.Express.
