These wild coffee plants originated in Ethiopia but are thought to have been first roasted and brewed primarily in Yemen starting in the 1400s. In the 1600s, Indian monk Baba Budan is fabled to have smuggled seven raw coffee beans back to his homeland from Yemen, laying the foundation for coffee’s global takeover.

New research highlights that regular, moderate consumption of coffee and caffeine could offer protection against developing multiple cardiometabolic diseases (CM), which include conditions like type 2 diabetes,

A new study has found that drinking three cups of coffee per day could actually lower your risk of heart disease. This goes against previous ideas that caffeine drinks are bad for your heart health, so your daily habit might not be so bad after all.

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Experts suggests continuing to drink moderate amounts of coffee or tea daily if you already do so, but caution against consuming too much caffeine. There’s some good news for coffee and tea lovers: A new study has linked moderate caffeine consumption with a lower risk of developing co-existing type 2 diabetes,

A study led by Dr. Chaofu Ke suggests that moderate coffee or tea consumption may lower the risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity. Drinking three cups daily could reduce this risk by 48.1%, while 200-300 mg of caffeine may lower it by 40.