I have read these studies and often wonder if it is not the coffee itself, but rather what you aren't doing when you are drinking coffee. For example, coffee s

I have read these studies and often wonder if it is not the coffee itself, but rather what you aren't doing when you are drinking coffee. For example, coffee suppresses the appetite so maybe you snack less and that is driving the difference in the two study groups. Or people on the non-coffee drinking group have Coke-Cola instead. I feel very badly for my Grandparents, who were told not to drink coffee because it was "bad" for them. They all stopped drinking coffee in the early 90s and subsequently put on a ton of weight and then suffered all the related health problems (diabetes, heart failure). I often wonder if they stuck with coffee instead of giving it up would they have been in better health.