{"id":822356,"date":"2026-07-24T04:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/822356\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:55:11","slug":"up-to-five-cups-of-coffee-a-day-may-benefit-heart-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/822356\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to five cups of coffee a day may benefit heart health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Most adults can safely consume up to 400 mg of caffeine each day\u2014the amount found in up to five eight-ounce cups of coffee\u2014and doing so may have cardiovascular benefits, according to a July 20 American Heart Association (AHA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/doi\/10.1161\/CIR.0000000000001454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">statement<\/a> published in Circulation. Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/hsph.harvard.edu\/profile\/frank-b-hu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Hu<\/a> was vice chair and a co-author of the statement, which outlined the current body of knowledge on caffeine and heart health and where more research is needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Moderate caffeine consumption appears to be linked in some individuals to a lower risk of several cardiovascular conditions, including heart failure, heart disease, and stroke, according to the authors. However, they found that regularly consuming higher amounts of caffeine, such as the doses found in energy drinks, may increase the risk of high blood pressure and irregular heart rhythm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">The authors noted that coffee is the most-studied source of caffeine, and the observed cardiovascular benefits may be due to other compounds in coffee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">The healthiest way to drink coffee, according to the statement, is to brew it with paper filters or use instant\u2014drinking unfiltered filtered coffee such as espresso is associated with higher levels of \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol\u2014and avoid adding creamers, sugar, or flavored syrups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">\u201cWe have made tremendous progress in understanding the health effects of caffeine, but there is still a lot to learn,\u201d Hu, Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology and chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/hsph.harvard.edu\/department\/nutrition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Nutrition<\/a>, said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vOZ81CfZA-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AHA video<\/a>. He called for new study designs that can help answer questions such as why people respond differently to caffeine, and the health effects of different sources of caffeine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Read AHA <a href=\"https:\/\/hsph.harvard.edu\/news\/up-to-five-cups-of-coffee-a-day-may-benefit-heart-health\/file:\/\/\/Caffeine%20and%20Cardiovascular%20Disease\/%20A%20Scientific%20Statement%20From%20the%20American%20Heart%20Association\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.heart.org\/news\/coffee-and-heart-health-how-many-cups-of-caffeinated-coffee-are-safe-to-drink-each-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">press release<\/a> and coverage in <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/5-cups-coffee-day-potentially-lower-heart-disease\/story?id=134905233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">USA Today<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2026\/07\/20\/how-much-coffee-safe-each-day-heart-health\/90980355007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ABC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Watch AHA video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vOZ81CfZA-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caffeine and Cardiovascular Disease<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nLast Updated<\/p>\n<p>\nFeatured in this article\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hsph.harvard.edu\/profile\/frank-b-hu\/\" class=\"wp-block-hsph-featured-people-card__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrank B. Hu\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tFredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PhotoHandler.ashx.jpeg\" alt=\"Frank B. Hu\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Get the latest public health news<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Stay connected with Harvard Chan School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most adults can safely consume up to 400 mg of caffeine each day\u2014the amount found in up to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,84],"class_list":["post-822356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}