COFFE DRINKERS MAY

LIVE LONGER, SAYS

STUDY.

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 Discuss the questions

1. What are the most popular drinks in your country?

2. What food or drinks would you have a hard time giving up?
3. Who are the most health-conscious people you know?
4. Have you ever made any changes to your diet after Reading health
advice?
Ground (adj)
Decaffeinated (adj)
Database (noun)
Heartbeat (noun)
 Coffee Drinkers May Live Longer, Says Study

Good news for coffee fans — a new study has found that drinking two or three cups per day could
help you live longer and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Researchers in Australia said this was true for ground, instant and decaffeinated coffee.

Using information from the UK's Biobank database, the researchers looked at long-term data from
almost 450,000 adults between the ages of 40 and 69. When the study began, none had any heart
problems.

Participants were asked about the amount — and type — of coffee they drank. Then they were put
into six groups based on how much they drank, going from none to five or more cups a day.

Their health was studied for around 12 and a half years.

 Coffee Drinkers May Live Longer, Says Study

The researchers found that those who drank any type of coffee had a reduced risk of death from any
cause compared with those who didn't drink coffee at all.

Drinking two to three cups was associated with the greatest risk reduction.

It was the same for heart disease — with ground coffee doing the best job.

They also found that ground and instant coffee — but not decaffeinated — reduced the risk of an
irregular heartbeat.

Decaffeinated coffee had other positive effects. One of the study's authors, Peter Kistler, said that
although caffeine is the best-known component, regular coffee has more than 100 other components,
and they could be the ones that have an impact on our health.

So coffee, Kistler added, can "be enjoyed as a heart healthy behavior."

 Answer the questions according to the reading

1. How many people did the study look at?

2. What amount of coffee was best for reducing the risk of death from
any cause?
3. Did all types of coffee reduce the risk of an irregular heartbeat?
 Writing activity.

1. What are your thoughts on the findings of this study?

2. Are you a big coffee drinker? How do you usually have it?
3. Have you always considered coffee to be a healthy drink?
4. Do you know anyone who drinks more than five cups of coffee per day?
5. Is there a big coffee culture in your town or city?
WHAT CAN I
GET YOU?
COFFEE TYPES
ESPRESSO AMERICANO

BLACK
COFFEE
 No foam

LATTE AN ESPRESSO
WITH A DASH
OF MILK

WHITE
COFFEE
Milk types
Whole milk Soy milk

Skimmed milk
Oat milk Rice milk

Almond milk
Coffee cup sizes
Common phrases
 How to order

Size
Large, medium, small

Coffee type
Americano, black coffee

Milk type
Soy milk

Extras
(Cacao, syrup, etc)
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