You can believe it or not but this is true that almost any way you pour it, coffee may help fight heart disease, diabetes and even cancer. Some one has truly said, “If it weren’t for the coffee, then I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever.”

Those of us who start the day clutching a cup of coffee can be relate. But we also worry about this thing. Is it really bad for health?
But now the experts say ‘relax’. Its bad reputation is being rehabilitated, thanks to many large scale studies.

In the 1960’s, doctors studied if coffee increased heart attack risk. So they asked 8000 Japanese-American men about their coffee intake. Forty years later, they found no link. But those who had up to six cups a day were five times less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, says a researcher. Caffeine appears to protect brain cells from the damage that leads to Parkinson’s.

Offering more grounds for coffee lovers to rejoice, in 2003, Harvard researchers found that people who imbibed four to five cups daily cut their risk of diabetes by 30%. And recently, scientists at Germany’s university identified a compound in coffee that appears to protect against colon cancer. But if you drink more than you’re used to, then it might not be good for you.

Plenty of studies show that the caffeine in a cup of coffee can increase alertness and improve performance on tests of mental function. For years, experts wondered if caffeine affected blood pressure. So, Harvard University doctors tracked 1000 former medical students for over 30 years and found that coffee drinkers had slightly higher blood pressure, but weren’t at greater risk of developing hypertension. Further, a Greek study suggests a cup a day protects against heart disease, but not for heavy drinkers.

Until we know more, experts concur; drinking up to three cups a day is safe. The latest evidence shows there’s less to worry about than we once thought, and perhaps some unexpected benefits.