Posted AT 4:30 AM EST on 17/06/08
Go ahead, order your skinny latte
If you're on a health kick you may not have to give up your coffee habit, according to new research into the links between coffee, disease and death."Coffee drinkers can be reassured that coffee does not increase their risk of death," says Esther Lopez-Garcia, an epidemiologist at the University of Madrid, who worked on the research at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
There may even be a modest benefit to a Tim Hortons fix, especially for women.
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