Go ahead and pour yourself that extra cup of joe.

Coffee drinkers may already know the benefits that come with their morning pick-me-up, from feeling happier to fending off illnesses like Type 2 diabetes , heart disease and even Parkinson’s disease .

And now your morning ritual may add healthy years to your life, new research finds .

New research finds that drinking a certain number of cups of coffee could lengthen your healthspan. amenic181 – stock.adobe.com

Unlike chronological age, which is the number of years we’ve been alive, biological aging measures the age of our cells and organs. It’s influenced by factors like genetics, lifestyle, environmental exposures and diet — and, apparently, the amount of coffee we drink.

A study published this week in the BMJ Mental Heal

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