A new research have revealed that four cups of coffee a day can more than halve the risk of gout in women.

Two to four cups lowered the chances of gout by about 22 per cent but one a day only by three per cent.
Researchers from Boston University and Harvard Medical School conducted a long-term study of almost 90,000 female nurses in the U.S.
They tracked the nurses over a 26-year period, monitoring their health and dietary habits.
During that time almost 900 of the nurses developed gout.
When researchers analysed their beverage intake they found those consuming-large amounts of coffee over a long period of time were least prone.
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"Long-term coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of gout in women," the Daily Mail quoted the researchers as saying.
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Some studies point to gout as an early warning sign of heart disease.
Researchers have found middle-aged men with the ailment tend to have higher blood pressure, raised cholesterol and diabetes.
The findings appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Source-ANI