Many studies show that coffee consumption may help pre-vent several chronic diseases. In particular, long-term coffee consumption is associated with significant dose-dependentreductions in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.4Fur-thermore, coffee intake reduces the risk of liver damage inpeople at high risk for liver disease including hepatic injury,cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.10Its consumption isalso inversely associated with the risk of Parkinson’s diseasein men and women who have never used postmenopausalestrogen.11The risk of Alzheimer’s disease is lower in thosewho regularly consume caffeine-containing coffee than inthose who do not drink it.12Coffee has also been shown toimprove endurance performance in long-duration physical