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When we were first presented with this question we thought that it sounded a little bit absurd. I mean can you really have a heart from just one cup of coffee? The answer was shocking. The short and simple answer to the question is "quite possibly" but only under certain circumstances. A study completed back in 2006 suggests that coffee can trigger a heart attack within an hour in some people. The good news is that the risk seems to be limited to people who drink only about one cup of coffee a day. However, for those people the risk of having a heart attack increased by fourfold after the consumed a cup of coffee. Of course, those people with additional risk factors for heart disease were at an even greater risk of having a heart attack after drinking a cup of coffee. Additionally, people who have a genetic variation associated with slower caffeine metabolism are at an increased risk of a heart attack when they consume coffee. Caffeine is believed to cause a short-term increase in blood pressure that could trigger a heart attack. But oddly, the less coffee you drink the greater the risk of it triggering a heart attack, suggesting that heavy coffee drinkers have become somewhat immune to this effect. In the study, light coffee drinkers increased their risk of heart attack by more than four times with one cup. While moderate coffee drinkers (those who consumed two or three cups a day) raised their risk of having a heart attack by 60 percent after drinking a cup of coffee. The least effect was observed among heavy coffee drinkers (those who drank four or more cups per day). As a result of these findings, doctors have begun to warn people who are at a high risk of having a heart attack (especially those who are only light coffee drinkers) to consider quitting coffee altogether. Some cardiologists are starting to see coffee as possibly being the straw that broke the camel's back in some patients. On the other hand, previous studies have shown coffee drinkers may have a decreased risk for Parkinson's disease, diabetes and certain types of cancer. | |
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