By Dr. Claudia Welch June 12, 2025

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Most of the attention coffee gets is for its ability to energize. But a new study, presented at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting and reported in The New York Times on June 12, 2025, suggests coffee might also play a role in helping us age well. Researchers followed more than 47,000 women for decades and found that those who drank the most caffeine—mostly from coffee—were more likely to reach their 70s in good mental and physical health, fre...