As much as I'd like to believe this, I don't buy it. It's unclear if they controlled for wealth and job type.
For example, people who drink 3 cups of coffee a day may be more likely to work from home or an office with coffee, or to be well-off enough to afford 3 cups/day from a coffee-shop.
Since the study is funded by, essentially, a pro-coffee lobbying group, I'm taking this with a massive packet of sugar.
Anyway, if you believe in this type of garbage studies, just about everything will lengthen your life according to some and shorten your life according to others. Flagged.
> It's important to note many of these studies involved self-reported coffee consumption, and the research was funded by the Institute for Scientific Information of Coffee – a non-profit organization supported by major international coffee companies
Interesting…
Anyway, I don’t see any data about the cardiovascular fitness of the participants in this study. The article mentions that coffee “offsets” the negative effects of sitting but does that even matter?
Coffee increases the heart rate but I wonder if caffeine would just stress an out of shape heart.
Everyone: Notice how the title says "links"? And notice how the article paper itself constantly says "associated"? But it never says "causes"?
That's because this is correlational evidence.
For calibration, our best estimates are that curing all heart disease would increase life expectancy in rich countries by around 3 years. Do you really think that drinking coffee is equally good as eliminating 2/3 of all heart disease? Because that's what this study is implying is true.
pcthrowaway|1 year ago
For example, people who drink 3 cups of coffee a day may be more likely to work from home or an office with coffee, or to be well-off enough to afford 3 cups/day from a coffee-shop.
Since the study is funded by, essentially, a pro-coffee lobbying group, I'm taking this with a massive packet of sugar.
oefrha|1 year ago
You’re underselling it.
> ISIC comprises six of the major European coffee companies: illycaffè, JDE Peet's, Lavazza, Nestlé, Paulig, and Tchibo.
https://www.coffeeandscience.org/about-isic
Anyway, if you believe in this type of garbage studies, just about everything will lengthen your life according to some and shorten your life according to others. Flagged.
scop|1 year ago
butterlettuce|1 year ago
Interesting…
Anyway, I don’t see any data about the cardiovascular fitness of the participants in this study. The article mentions that coffee “offsets” the negative effects of sitting but does that even matter?
Coffee increases the heart rate but I wonder if caffeine would just stress an out of shape heart.
Feel free to enlighten me. I’m just a normie.
JumpCrisscross|1 year ago
dynm|1 year ago
That's because this is correlational evidence.
For calibration, our best estimates are that curing all heart disease would increase life expectancy in rich countries by around 3 years. Do you really think that drinking coffee is equally good as eliminating 2/3 of all heart disease? Because that's what this study is implying is true.