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Is coffee a connection to good health?

October 12, 2008 By Harvard Heart Letter

Some coffee drinkers worry that theirs is a bad habit - not nearly on a par with smoking but in that general direction. Those worries are groundless. In the past few years, coffee drinking has been shown to be safe for heart attack survivors. It offers some protection against type 2 diabetes and gallstones. It is not linked to the development of heart disease.

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