Coffee drinkers have surprisingly fewer heart rhythm disorders. Specifically, consuming four cups of coffee a day has been shown to reduce hospitalization due to arrhythmias by 18 percent, while drinking one to three cups a day would provide a 7 percent reduction.
This is according to a study conducted by theKaiserPermanente Medical Care PrograminOakland, California, on more than 130 thousand men and women (aged 18 to 90 years), presented at the 50th annual conference of theAmerican Heart Association.
Dr. Arthur Klatsky, lead author of the research, however, explains that drinking coffee is linked to lower risk of hospitalization for rhythm problems, but this does not mean that people should drink coffee to prevent arrhythmias. Rather, the study argues that people who are at risk for rhythm problems, or who have heart rhythm problems, should not necessarily refrain from drinking coffee.
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