A new study finds that moderate consumption of caffeinated coffee may actually have a positive effect on your heart.
Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program followed 130,054 men and women and found that those who reported drinking four or more cups of coffee each day had an 18 percent lower risk of hospitalization for heart rhythm disturbances.
Those who reported drinking one to three cups each day had a 7 percent reduction in risk.
The study's lead investigator, Dr. Aurthur Klatsky, said while the report supports the idea that people who are at risk for rhythm problems or who have rhythm problems do not necessarily need to abstain from coffee.
"These data might be reassuring to people who drink moderate amounts of coffee that their habit is not likely to cause a major rhythm disturbance,” he said.
