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People have been drinking coffee since at least the 15th century, and it's been a staple of the workplace for more than 100 years. Plus, if I had a nickel for every time someone told me they read this newsletter over coffee in the morning… well, I’d have a lot of nickels.

So, how about another recap of some fairly recent scientific research about coffee's health benefits? Sounds good to me.

If you're not drinking coffee yet, these studies might just change your mind.

1. Drinking coffee reduces your risk of death from any cause.

We have to start here: A fascinating British study of 500,000 people found that habitual coffee drinkers were less likely to die than non-coffee drinkers over the 10-year span of the study.

Not just less likely to die of certain causes: less likely to die of anything. As in, they cheat death. Find me a better argument than that!

As for why, it's a bit of a mystery. One theory is that because coffee contains more than 10,000 chemical compounds that protect cells from …