Morning cup of coffee invigorates and cheers up. But researchers have shown that it is also good for the liver: two cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of death from cirrhosis of the liver by two-thirds..

The results of a study published in the journal Hepatology show coffee is especially beneficial in cases of cirrhosis caused by non-viral hepatitis, Newsmax Health reports, citing Medical Xpress..

The World Health Organization estimates that 1.3 percent of all deaths worldwide are caused by cirrhosis, the 11th leading cause of death in the United States..

Researchers from Duke-NUS School of Medicine in Singapore and Singapore State University examined medical records and life habits of 63,275 Chinese adults living in Singapore for 15 years.. During this time, 14,928 participants died, of which 114 - from liver cirrhosis.

The results showed that those participants who drank more than one cup of coffee a day had a 66% lower risk of mortality than those who did not drink coffee..

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