Coffee – Harvard research shows “Coffee loves us back”

COFFEE – HARVARD RESEARCH SHOWS “COFFEE LOVES US BACK”

“Coffee, said the Napoleon-era French diplomat Talleyrand, should be hot as hell, black as the devil, pure as an angel, sweet as love.”

Coffee is everywhere, through history and across the world. And increasingly, science is demonstrating that its popularity is a good thing.

Harvard scientists have for years put coffee under the microscope. Last year, researchers announced they had discovered six new human genes related to coffee and reconfirmed the existence of two others. The long-running study has found that coffee protects against type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Researchers are continuing to follow up on 2001 findings that it protects against Parkinson’s disease.

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/09/how-coffee-loves-us-back/