Title:
Drinking Two Cups of Coffee a Day May Help Prevent Metabolic Syndrome -obsevations From a Coffee Intake Frequency Survey Conducted in a Resident Heath Check-up-

Authors:
Naomi Katayama, Japan

Abstract:

In recent years, various companies have been marketing coffee as a functional food, claiming it is good for dieting. Coffee contains chlorogenic acid and caffeine, and animal experiments have shown its blood sugar-lowering and fat-burning effects, suggesting its potential for preventing metabolic syndrome. This study compared coffee intake with metabolic syndrome test results during a resident health checkup to whether coffee has an inhibitory effect on investigate metabolic syndrome. The results of a dietary questionnaire survey (coffee intake and frequency) for 437 people (180 male and 257 female) who participated in the 2024 Yakumo Town resident health checkup were analyzed, along with data on waist circumference, blood glucose level, HALC level, cholesterol level, and blood pressure, which were categorized by a doctor into normal, pre-metabolic syndrome, and metabolic syndrome groups. The results were 300 people with normal values, 53 people at risk, and 84 people with metabolic syndrome. Within each group, there was a very significant difference between the normal value group and the risk group in terms of frequency of coffee intake (more than two cups per day and less than one cup per day). The normal value group had a specifically significantly higher coffee intake than the risk group. This suggests that consuming more than two cups of coffee per day may be useful in preventing metabolic syndrome.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.51505/ijmshr.2025.9609