Go Get That Cup of Coffee!

New research shows that women who drink two to three cups of coffee a day are fifteen percent less likely to develop depression over a ten year period compared to women who drink zero to one cups per day.  It is important to remember that this is not a cause and effect relationship but is a correlation.  As cups of coffee goes up, risk of depression goes down.  As college students, we are always contemplating on whether to make that starbucks stop in the morning or between a class (atleast I contemplate this) and now we can be reassured that we are getting something more than just feeling more awake out of this cup of coffee.  The article did not mention men in this study but I would assume that they would get the same benefits out of this coffee consumption although it is known that men are less likely to be diagnosed with clinical depression so perhaps this does not even apply to them.

Happy coffee drinking!