There is happy news for coffee lovers as a latest study has suggested that intake of coffee, whether regular or decaf, may cut the risk of death. For the study, researchers used data from surveys of the US adults wherein they were asked how much coffee they consumed, and also other foods and drinks.

After noting down the information, they then looked at their rates of death and disease in the time span of the following 2 decades. It was a huge study that included over 200,000 women and 50,000 men.

Initially, they didn’t notice an obvious link between coffee intake and death rates. Study participants who consumed between less than a cup of coffee and 3 cups per day showed 5% to 9% lower risk of dying as compared to the ones who drank no coffee. The ones who consumed over 3 a day did not get any benefit. Alike previous studies, the finding was cloudy.

However, when the researchers observed coffee intake just among the ones, who said they never smoked, they saw a quite clearer relationship. They found that people, who consumed less than a cup of coffee and 3 cups per day had 6% to 8%, reduced risk of dying as compared to non-coffee drinkers. The ones who drank 3 to 5 cups and over 5 cups had 15% and 12% lower death rates.