Health

Information about symptoms of caffeine addiction, calculating daily intake, withdrawal symptoms, and quitting gradually.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports an association between coffee consumption and a reduced risk of diabetes in a Finnish population.

Higher coffee and caffeine intake is associated with a lower incidence of Parkinson Disease in a study of Japanese-American men. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In a study of men in the United States, coffee consumption may have helped to prevent symptomatic gallstone disease. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association,

Browse hundreds of pages of informative coffee materials adapted from Kenneth Davids' books. Includes a section on coffee and health.

In a Dutch population, drinkers of seven or more cups of coffee a day were half as likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Journal reference: Lancet (vol 360, p 1477).

Answers to questions about the effects of coffee on health, provided by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee.