We're sorry to have to be the bearers of bad news, but coffee may not actually be your friend - especially if you suffer from migraines.
Many of us need a cup of that liquid gold to get us through the day, and it's the first thing we reach for in the morning.
But if you suffer from migraines, your beloved coffee could be to blame.
A recent study, carried out by the department of epidemiology at Harvard University and published in the American Journal Of Medicine, showed a link between the consumption of coffee and the occurrence of migraines.
In the study, 98 adults who suffered from occasional migraines kept electronic diaries for six weeks.
Do you suffer from migraines? Coffee could be to blame
They recorded how many caffeinated drinks they had each day, as well as the characteristics and timings of their migraines.
The study concluded that there was a "statistically significant nonlinear association between the number of caffeinated beverages and the odds of migraine headache occurrence on that day”.
In other words, it suggests that migraines can be triggered by lots of caffeine on a given day.
Mostofsky stated that she was “pleasantly surprised to see one to two servings was not associated with the odds of having a migraine headache and it was three or more servings that lead to a migraine on that day or on the following day”.
I don’t know about you, but this makes a lot of sense to me. As someone who suffers from migraines and drinks an average of three cups of coffee per day- along with a half-pot of tea- this research resonates. It’s time to rethink our coffee consumption.
Drinking coffee when pregnant can make your child shorter
According to a new study, children born from mothers who drank around half a cup of coffee each day were shorter than their peers on average.
Researchers from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Maryland in the US followed children born between 2009 and 2013 until they were eight.
And according to the results, published in Jama Network Public, after tracking the children for over eight years, researchers found a clear correlation between caffeine consumption and height.