Do coffee drinkers live longer?

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Yeah yeah -- That morning cup of Joseph might be doing more than helping you wake up according to a new report.

Drinking coffee could help you live longer doctor Davis Mahdi is chief of the division of robotics at Mount Sinai Medical Center here in New York City.

And a member of the Fox News medical a team he shares insights on this new study conducted with The New England Journal of Medicine a bulk coffee.

And its many benefits.

It Kelly this is actually -- big city that just recently came out there looking ahead the huge number of participants over tour in 30000 men.

And also 170000.

Women they followed them for about fifteen years.

So even though it's not a cause and effect and it's observational study it's one of the better ones that we've had.

As you know I've been always been a big advocate of cost of this program not talked about this many times and finally we can put this topic to rest.

And say that coffee is actually the healthy -- beneficial.

I'm good for you.

What they saw is among the coffee drinkers the number of that has been reduced by 10% in -- 50% in women and so whether it's the antioxidants.

That clear all those few radicals or it's -- finals.

And things they actually reduces the heart disease.

This is a great news for people who love coffee and now the big question is how many cops.

I was gonna ask -- -- how many -- do you have today so what they have found his attitude very assisting with the within the first four cops there's really not that much benefit.

Something happens after the fourth to sixth cop is when you get the actual benefit of the coffee.

So when we make a recommendation like this it's not for ever -- -- -- to start drink coffee you know if you're pregnant woman.

You should only have one -- the most if you have anxiety disorder if you have real heart.

Issues beauty to make you talk your doctor before you take this but you know but I like it and -- as a surgeon.

I drink for costs that they between my -- -- it helps me a lot some -- the issues with coffee that I want to want to know is that yes it is probably addictive.

Having said that you have to be really careful about the milk.

And the sugar that you take we -- coffee because that's a lot of calories that comes with it well those are -- you don't really need if you -- the coffee straight absolutely more beneficial would it.

That's absolutely the case among most people always add the sugar and and the milk within it so I wanna be making sure that was -- About this.

The other thing about cough measles which directs so a lot of our drinking thinking that they're getting water but you're actually losing a lot of water.

So here is like another somebody rule for you to remember.

221 cop for every couple coffee -- you drink two cups of water but -- -- -- water.

Two so about why did the hydration and that's really really the keys so that's really the big message out there.

Obviously it's always important.

To talk to your doctor before you -- because it's it's it's sort of like a drug but overall it's the great news.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- And a lot of you are taking this there are some benefit from this -- very -- which is a fungus that's coming from China and Japan that's mixed in organic coffee.

Some people advocate this.

But one of the things about this is that it actually has blood thinning.

In fact it can reduce heart prevent heart disease we got to leave it there -- you talked to a doctor for UT's -- about the golf I love it.

I am not drinking fungus.

Anyway would -- be good popcorn anxiously.

I guess among -- Bernhard thanks so much for being -- --

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