Consider coffee a "mini-Mediterranean diet," experts told UPI.
The health benefits of the beverage millions of people drink to start their day far outweigh the potential risks, much like the popular diet that limits red meat and fat intake, the experts say.
"The Mediterranean diet is, primarily, a plant-based diet, and coffee is a plant-based drink," Stephen Safe, a researcher with expertise in cancer prevention, said in a phone interview.
"If you compare the benefits of coffee to those of the Mediterranean diet, you could hardly tell the difference between them," said Safe, a distinguished professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Texas A&M University in College Station.
In a review of peer-reviewed studies of the beverage, Safe and his colleagues found that coffee consumption can help reduce a person's risk for certain types of cancers, as well as Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease and dementia.
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