Five cups a day...

Good news! Perhaps my healthiest beverage:

There is good news for coffee drinkers: Up to five cups of the brew a day are safe for most adults and may even have benefits for heart health, according to a new scientific statement by the American Heart Association.

Downing between about three to five 8-ounce cups of joe daily, or around 400 milligrams of caffeine, is linked to a lower risk of heart disease, heart failure, stroke and Type 2 diabetes, according to the AHA’s statement, which was published Monday in the journal Circulation. ....

The potential benefits of coffee, however, can be diluted or eliminated by the stuff many people add to it, the authors said, like sugar, syrups and creamers with a lot of saturated fat. .... (more)

Andrea Petersen, "Five Cups of Coffee a Day Is Fine for Most Adults, Heart Association Says," The Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2026.