Study: women who drink coffee are less likely to have a stroke

A morning caffeine fix might do more than perk you up-it could save your life.

A cup of coffee every morning can not only cheer you up, but may also save your life sometimes.

Women who drink more than a cup of coffee a day can lower their risk of having a stroke by 25 per cent, research shows .

Women who drink more than one cup of coffee a day are 25% less likely to have a stroke, according to a study.

Those with little or no coffee intake, however, are more likely to suffer from the condition .

People who eat little or no coffee at all are more likely to develop the disease.

The findings are the latest to challenge a common belief that coffee is bad for people's health .

And this result once again challenges the popular belief that coffee is not good for health.

Scientists stress they have yet to prove it reduces stroke risk, but their work could have major public health implications .

Although the scientists in the study say hard evidence is needed to prove the effect of coffee, their findings may have greater implications for public health.

Researcher Dr Susanna Larsson, of the National Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, said coffee was one of the most widely consumed drinks in the world .

According to Dr. Suzanne Larson of the study, coffee is one of the most common drinks in the world.

'Therefore, even small health effects of substances in coffee may have large public health consequences,' she said.

"therefore, even if there are some health benefits, the positive impact on public health is considerable."

Although it is too soon to recommend coffee as a health drink, the findings should ease the minds of women concerned about drinking too much, added Dr Larsson .

Although it is unknown to recommend coffee as a health drink right now, there are still many women who avoid it out of concern.

'Some women have avoided consuming coffee because they have thought it is unhealthy,' she said.

"some women are worried about not being healthy enough, so they don't drink coffee."

'In fact, increasing evidence indicates that moderate coffee consumption may decrease the risk of some diseases such as diabetes, liver cancer and possibly stroke.'

"in fact, there is a growing body of evidence that drinking coffee reduces the incidence of diseases such as diabetes, liver cancer and stroke."

Her team's study followed the diet and health of nearly 35000 women aged 49 to 83 over a decade .

The study surveyed the dietary health of 35000 women between the ages of 49 and 83.

It showed that those who reported drinking at least one cup a day had a 22 per cent to 25 per cent lower risk of stroke than those who drank less .

The results showed that those who drank at least twice the coffee a day were 22% to 25% less likely to have a stroke.

This could be because coffee reduces inflammation and improves insulin sensitivity, the team suggested .

The researchers say this may be because coffee resists inflammation and improves the effect of insulin.

It also contains anti-oxidants which is known to prevent disease .

At the same time, it also contains some antioxidant ingredients with preventive effect.