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Posted on behalf of CRON4healthyfuture by Khurram:

Interesting findings. I was kind of hoping that caffeine would be the decisive agent, but, it may be those wonderful coffee compounds. Who knew something roasted would be so good for preventing type 2 diabetes.

That isn't the same as "CR", or "extending lifespan", but, at the moment, it is difficult to defend the notion that being exposed to coffee is "bad".

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http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/2/398

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RESULTS—After adjustment for potential confounders, the relative risk of type 2 diabetes was 0.87 (95% CI 0.73–1.03) for one cup per day, 0.58 (0.49–0.68 ) for two to three cups per day, and 0.53 ( 0.41–0.68 ) for four or more cups per day compared with nondrinkers (P for trend <0.0001). Associations were similar for caffeinated (0.87 [0.83–0.91] for a one-cup increment per day) and decaffeinated (0.81 [0.73–0.90]) coffee and for filtered (0.86 [0.82–0.90]) and instant (0.83 [0.74–0.93]) coffee. Tea consumption was not substantially associated with risk of type 2 diabetes (0.88 [0.64–1.23] for four or more versus no cups per day; P for trend = 0.81).

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