Drinking coffee may help protect against alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver, according to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. Researchers found that people who drank one cup of coffee a day were, on average, 20 per cent less likely to have alcoholic cirrhosis. Risk reduction rose with the number of cups drunk, to as high as 80 per cent for those who drank four or more cups of coffee a day.
"Consuming coffee seems to have some protective benefits, and the more coffee consumed, the less risk there appears to be of being hospitalised or dying of alcoholic cirrhosis," says Dr. Arthur Klatsky, lead author of the study. "This study may offer us some clues as to the biochemical processes taking place inside liver cells, which could help in finding new ways to protect the liver against injury."
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