Coffee and tea reduce risk of chronic liver disease
A recent study suggests that people with a high risk for liver injury may be able to reduce the risk of developing chronic liver disease significantly by drinking more than two cups of coffee or tea per day. The disease, caused by viruses, obesity, alcohol consumption and other metabolic and immunologic abnormalities, causes nearly 28000 annual deaths and is found in more than 5 million prevalent cases nationwide. It is believed that caffeine, contained both in coffee and tea, is responsible for the protective effect that decreases the risk of chronic liver disease by half after just two cups of tea or coffee per day.
