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Welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home. I'm Reggie Rizzou. He's Marcus Paff. On today's

episode, how coffee and caffeine

may be good for you, we'll explain. Weird Wednesday has a python catching competition,

the bird of the year, and the oldest person alive is honored in Japan. Plus, on this day in history,

the first white female to be recognized as a chief in the Native American community.

That's coming up on cool stuff.

All right, getting things started here on the midweek.

Consuming moderate amounts of coffee and caffeine regularly may offer a protective effect

against developing multiple cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and

stroke.

That, according to new research, published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical

Endocrinology and Metabolism, as summarized in Science Daily.

So researchers have found that regular coffee or caffeine intake, especially at moderate levels, was associated with a lower risk of new onset cardiometabolic multimorbidity, which refers to the coexistence of at least two cardiometabolic diseases. The prevalence of individuals with multiple cardiometabolic diseases, or CM, is becoming an increasing public health concern as

populations age around the world. Coffee and caffeine consumption could play an important protective

role in almost all phases of CM development, the researchers found. Per of the study's lead author,

Shao Fu Kei, of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health at

Chusu Medical College of Su Chow University in China, quote, consuming three cups of coffee or

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