# Good news! Coffee is good for you!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-coffee-is-good-for-you/135926>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 8, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-coffee-is-good-for-you/135926 "2002-11-08T20:29:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-coffee-is-good-for-you/135926/1 "2002-11-08T20:29:50Z")

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Well, at least kinda. Seems it lowers the risk of Type II diabetes.

[http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/07/java\_diabetes021107](http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/07/java_diabetes021107)

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**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-coffee-is-good-for-you/135926/2 "2002-11-09T14:34:41Z")

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As if there weren’t already enough reasons to love the stuff 😉

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**Author:** ![Abe\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Abe\_User](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_User)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-coffee-is-good-for-you/135926/3 "2004-03-11T05:22:03Z")

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New study shows that the more coffee you drink, the more you reduce the risk of Type II diabetes

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Men who drank 3-4 cups of coffee a day had a 27% lower risk of diabetes.  
Women who drank 3-4 cups of coffee a day had a 29% lower risk of diabetes.  
Men who drank 7-9 cups per day had a 33% lower risk of diabetes.  
Women who drank 7-9 cups per day had a 61% lower risk of diabetes.

large coffee, regular, to go. That is my morning mantra.