Drinking coffee may protect against the type of liver disease caused by excessive alcohol intake, researchers have found.<br />
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Subjects were followed for an average of more than 14 years. Compared with people who never drank coffee, those who drank one cup a day or less were about 30 percent less likely to develop alcoholic cirrhosis. The more coffee they drank, the lower the risk. At one to three cups per day, the risk was lowered by 40 percent, and those who drank more than four cups a day reduced their risk by 80 percent.<br />
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