Coronary Artery Disease (Increased Risk)

Coffee-Drinking In Women Doesn't Promote Heart Disease

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 26th, 1996

Female java junkies can calm their jitters with findings from a large new study of women confirming that coffee doesn't promote heart disease - even among those who gulp six cups a day.

"When we carefully controlled for smoking, we saw no evidence whatsoever of any risk of coronary heart disease," said Dr. Walter C. Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public health.

That was true even for six-cup-a-day drinkers, his team found.

"There is a chance that nonfiltered coffee, such as espresso, could have a different, presumably small, adverse effect (by raising levels of blood cholesterol), but this...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1996-02-26)

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