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Can drinking coffee calm your nerves?

By Mallika Marshall, MD

September 18, 2023 / 5:40 PM EDT / CBS Boston

BOSTON - There is mounting evidence that drinking coffee provides a variety of health benefits.

In a new study, researchers in China have found that the popular beverage could have positive mental health effects.

They looked at dietary data on nearly 150,000 participants and found that those who drank two to three cups of coffee a day regularly were less likely to suffer from anxiety or depression than people who drank either more or less.

The results were essentially the same whether the coffee was ground, mixed with milk, or unsweetened.

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Mallika Marshall, MD

Mallika Marshall, MD is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician who has served as the HealthWatch Reporter for CBS Boston/WBZ-TV for over 20 years. A practicing physician Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital at the MGH Chelsea Urgent Care and the MGH Revere Health Center, where she is currently working on the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19. She is also a host and contributing editor for Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.

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