- Daily coffee drinking can reduce the infection risk of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new research from Taiwan.
- After conducting in vitro lab testing of human cells, as well as a human trial involving 64 participants given a SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus, the research team concluded that drinking coffee every day might be a useful dietary tool in preventing infection in individuals. It may also reduce the severity of COVID-19 infections, the researchers said.
- The results were consistent for different coffee types — ground and instant, caffeinated and decaffeinated — as well as for the most common recent COVID-19 variants, such as Delta and Omicron.
