Your morning coffee could be protecting your liver, study says

Published on

03/07/2026 - 7:00 GMT+2

Higher coffee intake is linked to a lower risk of liver diseases, according to a new study.

The findings, published in the journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, show that coffee consumption is associated with a reduced likelihood of cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver-related death.

The researchers analysed more than 350,000 participants from the UK Biobank who did not have cirrhosis or liver cancer at the start of the study and tracked their evolution over 13 years.