Coffee can help you live longer

There is good news for coffee lovers from the American Heart Association. Their new report says coffee drinkers may live longer than those who do not drink coffee. Evidence shows that coffee makes you live longer. It also reduces the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, other life-threatening illnesses, and even suicide. Researchers looked at over 200,000 people who drank between one and five cups of coffee a day. Researcher Dr Frank Hu said: "Moderate consumption of coffee may confer health benefits in terms of reducing premature death due to several diseases."

Scientists have been analysing what is in coffee that provides so many health benefits. Many reports in the past decades have highlighted the positive effects it has on the body. Dr Hu said it was still unclear how coffee interacts with the body. He said: "Coffee is a complex beverage. It's very difficult to pinpoint which component of coffee is responsible for which benefit." Researchers did not include highly caffeinated drinks in the study. They also said that while coffee seems to have health benefits, things added to it, such as cream, sugar and sweeteners, do not.

True / False

read the headline, guess if A-E below are T or F

A : The article says there is good news for all lovers. (T/F)

B : Research suggests coffee an reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. (T/F)

C :　Researchers looked at more than 200,000 coffee drinkers. (T/F)

D : Researchers say coffee can reduce levels of premature deahths. (T/F)

E :　Researchers　also looked at caffeinated drinks in the study. (T/F)

Multiple Choice Quiz

1. Who is there good news for?

a)  people who don't drink coffee

b)  scientists

c)  everyone

d)  coffee lovers

2. What type of diabetes can coffee reduce the risk of?

a) 1   b) 2   c) 3   d) 4

3. Who published the study?

a)  The New Coffee Times

b)  Starbucks

c)  the Coffee Bean Confederation

d)  the American Heart Association

4. How many coffee drinkers did the study look at?

a)  around 200,000

b)  just less than 200,000

c)  over 200,000

d)  exactly 200,000

5. What kind of coffee consumption can lead to health benefits?

a)  weekly     b)  high

c)  low        d)  moderate

6. What has no health benefits besides cream and sugar?

a)  sweeteners       c)  syrup

b)  cookies          d)  latte

claims	untimely	claims	untimely	claims	untimely
evidence	more	evidence	more	evidence	more
risk	proof	risk	proof	risk	proof
further	particular	further	particular	further	particular
premature	says	premature	says	premature	says
certain	possibility	certain	possibility	certain	possibility

Synonym match

Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. Claims                                a. Untimely

2. Evidence                              b. More

3. Risk                                   c. Proof

4. Further                                d. Particular

5. Premature                             e. Says

6. Certain                               F. Possibility

GAP FILL

fill in the gaps.

There is good news for coffee (1) ____________. A new report

claims that (2) ____________ coffee drinkers may live longer

than those who do not drink coffee. Researchers say there is

growing (3) ____________ that coffee benefits the health, makes

you live longer, and reduces the (4) ____________ of heart

disease, type 2 diabetes, other life-threatening illnesses, and even (5) ____________. The study was published by the American

Heart Association. It looked at the coffee-drinking

(6) ____________ of over 200,000 people who drank between

one and five cups of coffee a day. Researcher Dr Frank Hu said: "This study provides (7) ____________ evidence that moderate consumption of coffee may confer health benefits in terms of reducing (8) ____________ death due to several diseases."

But Researchers did not include (9) ____________ caffeinated drinks in the study. They also (10) ____________ out that while coffee seems to have health benefits, added ingredients, such as cream, sugar and certain (11) ____________ of sweeteners, do not.

ex) premature / futher / pointed / suicide / lovers / regular / highly / risk / habits / types / evidence